Press Event
Artemis II Status Briefing
Kennedy Space Center SLS Block 1 | Artemis II
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
Updates
LL2 • Aug. 8, 2023, 6 p.m.
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