Artemis II Launch Crew Arrival at KSC

Courtney Beasley, NASA communications, delivers opening remarks following the arrival of the Artemis II test flight crew at the Launch and Landing Facility at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, March 27, 2026. Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen from the CSA (Canadian Space Agency) will 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.

Courtney Beasley, NASA communications, delivers opening remarks following the arrival of the Artemis II test flight crew at the Launch and Landing Facility at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, March 27, 2026. Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen from the CSA (Canadian Space Agency) will 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
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