SLS Block 1 | Artemis II
Launch Complex 39B
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. NASA have many launch facilities but most are inactive. The most commonly used pad will be LC-39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Artemis II
Artemis II is the first crewed mission as part of the Artemis program. Artemis II will send a crew of 4 - 3 Americans and 1 Canadian around the moon and return them back to Earth. The mission will test the core systems of NASA's Orion spacecraft including the critical life support system, among other systems which could not be tested during Artemis I due to the lack of crew onboard.
Orion 003
Serial 003
Launch Crew Count 4
Status Under construction
Landing Time N/A
Crew
Gregory R. Wiseman
Spacecraft Commander
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1975-11-11
Status Active
Type Government
Victor J. Glover
Pilot
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1976-04-30
Status Active
Type Government
Christina Koch
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1979-01-29
Status Active
Type Government
Jeremy Hansen
Mission Specialist
Nationality Canadian
Date Of Birth 1976-01-27
Status Active
Type Government
Space Launch System Block 1
Height 111.00 Meters
Max Stages 2
Mass To GTO 0 kg
Liftoff Thrust 39000 kN
Diameter 8.40 Meters
Mass To LEO 95000 kg
Liftoff Mass 2628 Tonnes
Launch Success 1
Consecutive Success 1
Maiden Flight 2022-11-16
Launch Failures 0
Programs
Artemis
The Artemis program is a US government-funded crewed spaceflight program that has the goal of landing "the first woman and the next man" on the Moon, specifically at the lunar south pole region by 2024.
Related Events
Artemis II Status Briefing
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NASA will host a news conference to provide Artemis II mission preparations and crew training updates. Participants will include: - NASA Administrator Bill Nelson - NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy - Jim Free, NASA associate administrator - Reid Wiseman, Artemis II commander, NASA - Victor Glover, Artemis II pilot, NASA - Christina Hammock Koch, Artemis II mission specialist, NASA - Jeremy Hansen, Artemis II mission specialist, CSA
NASA Artemis II Crew Interviews
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NASA will host live interviews with the Artemis II crew.
NASA Artemis II Crew Reveal
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NASA will reveal the crew of its Artemis II mission that will fly around the moon in 2024. Out of four crew members, three will be NASA astronauts and one will be a CSA astronaut.
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