Artemis II Launch Crew Walkout

Artemis II astronauts Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen from the CSA (Canadian Space Agency) and Pilot Victor Glover, Commander Reid Wiseman, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA are seen as they prepare to depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for Launch Complex 39B at Kennedy Space Center to board NASA’s Artemis II Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft for the Artemis II launch, Wednesday, Apr. 1, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s Artemis II test flight will take Wiseman, Glover, Koch, and Hansen around the Moon and back to Earth no earlier than April 1, 2026. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)

Artemis II astronauts Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen from the CSA (Canadian Space Agency) and Pilot Victor Glover, Commander Reid Wiseman, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA are seen as they prepare to depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for Launch Complex 39B at Kennedy Space Center to board NASA’s Artemis II Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft for the Artemis II launch, Wednesday, Apr. 1, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s Artemis II test flight will take Wiseman, Glover, Koch, and Hansen around the Moon and back to Earth no earlier than April 1, 2026. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)