How NASA is Using Virtual Reality in Artemis Training -- jsc2024e076628

Artemis III VR MiniSim for Lunar EVA. Photo Date: November 19, 2024. Location:Building 16, Room 2115 (PIT Lab). Photo Credit: NASA/Robert Markowitz

jsc2024e076628 – Tess Caswell, a crew stand-in for the Artemis III Virtual Reality Mini-Simulation, executes a moonwalk in the Prototype Immersive Technology (PIT) lab at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The simulation was a test of using VR as a training method for flight controllers and science teams’ collaboration on science-focused traverses on the lunar surface. Credit: NASA/Robert Markowitz