Artemis II Launch Crew Arrival at KSC

From left to right, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) Jeremy Hansen and NASA astronaut Christina Koch arrive on Friday, March 27, 2026, at the Launch and Landing Facility at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in preparation for the Artemis II test flight. Hansen is holding the Moon Mascot, Rise, which is the zero gravity indicator that will fly on the Artemis II test flight. Hansen, Koch, and NASA astronauts Commander Reid Wiseman and Pilot Victor Glover launch on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft from Launch Complex 39B no earlier than 6:24 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 1.

From left to right, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) Jeremy Hansen and NASA astronaut Christina Koch arrive on Friday, March 27, 2026, at the Launch and Landing Facility at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in preparation for the Artemis II test flight. Hansen is holding the Moon Mascot, Rise, which is the zero gravity indicator that will fly on the Artemis II test flight. Hansen, Koch, and NASA astronauts Commander Reid Wiseman and Pilot Victor Glover launch on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft from Launch Complex 39B no earlier than 6:24 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 1.

Photographer NASA/Kim Shiflett
Album Artemis_II
Location LLF
John F Kennedy Space CenterKennedyKennedy Space CenterKSCSpaceportCape CanaveralNASArocket ranchFloridamulti-user spaceportpremier spaceportspace coastcape ArtemisArtemis IIcrew arrivallaunch and landing facilityLLFKSCKennedy Space CenterOrionSpace Launch Sys-temSLSEGSExploration Ground SystemsReid WisemanVictor GloverChristina KochJeremy Hansen