Communicating with the Crew from Console

Artemis II Flight Control Team in White Flight Control Room (WFCR) during Trans Lunar Insertion Burn. Location: Bldg. 30 MCC WFCR. Date: 4/2/2026. Photo credit: NASA/Helen Arase Vargas

jsc2026e019614 (April 2, 2026) – NASA astronaut Chris Birch serves as capsule communicator (capcom) in the Mission Control Center at NASA’s Johnson Space Center during the mission’s translunar injection burn, which sent the crew in Orion out of Earth orbit and on a trajectory toward the Moon.