Lucas Ye, designer of zero gravity indicator “Rise,” and his family pose for a photo at the Banana Creek viewing site as the countdown progresses for the launch of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft with Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen from the CSA (Canadian Space Agency) on the Artemis II mission, Wednesday, April 1, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s Artemis II mission will take Wiseman, Glover, Koch, and Hansen on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft from Launch Complex 39B with launch window opening at 6:24 p.m. EDT. Photo Credit: (NASA/Keegan Barber)