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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

jsc2026e020085 (April 2, 2026) – NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman (left) and NASA Chief Flight Director Emily Nelson (right) in the Mission Control Center at NASA’s Johnson Space Center monitor mission operations during the translunar injection (TLI) burn, which sent the crew in Orion out of Earth orbit and on a trajectory toward the Moon.