![]() ![]() "It will be a four day journey, going a quarter of a million miles, continuing to test out every bit of Orion going around the far side of the moon, heading home going through the Earth's atmosphere at over 25,000 miles per hour and splashing down in the Pacific. And then if everything was good, we're heading to the moon. We're gonna stay in an amazing high orbit, reaching a peak of tens of thousands of miles while we test out all the systems on Orion and see how it maneuvers in space. We're not going to go to the moon right away. We're going to hear the words go for launch on top of the most powerful rocket NASA's ever made the Space Launch System, and we're gonna ride that rocket for eight minutes into Earth orbit. "We are going to launch for Kennedy Space Center to the work of the exploration Ground Systems team. Mission specialist Christina Koch: "When I think about this mission, that's a relay race with international partners, it's all so awesome in and of itself. But I also pray that we can continue to serve as a source of inspiration for cooperation and peace, not just between nations, but in our own nation." ![]() We're going to do our best to run a good race to make you proud. And when we have the privilege of having that baton. "Human spaceflight is like a relay race, and that baton has been passed generation to generation and from crew member to crew member from the Gemini, Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Apollo Soyuz, Skylab Mir, the shuttle, International Space Station, commercial crew and and now the Artemis missions. It is the next step on the journey that gets humanity to Mars. Because Artemis two is more than a mission to the moon and it's more than a mission that has to happen before we send people to the surface of the moon. Pilot Victor Glover: "We need to celebrate this moment in human history. So to the NASA workforce, to our program managers, our center directors that are here, the amazing political support that we feel right now to bring our country together to bring our entire world together to go explore to get to Mars and beyond, we say a huge thank you." SpaceX is building our lander for Artemis 3. Here's what they had to say of the mission today:Ĭommander Reid Wiseman: "This is a global effort, Artemis 2, and it's only going to get larger with Artemis 3 and beyond as we get private spaceflight involved. Set to launch on a Space Launch System megarocket in 2024, NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen of the Canadian Space Agency will fly around the moon, much like Apollo 8, on their Orion spacecraft. The four astronauts of NASA's Artemis 2 mission are thrilled, to say the least, to be on the crew that will send the first humans to the moon in more than 50 years. Read more: Artemis 2 astronaut goes on vision quest to prepare for moon mission On Tuesday (June 13), Hansen added he has completed the ceremony and "I have a renewed appreciation for all that Mother Earth provides, especially water." "I would like to express my gratitude to Anishinaabe Elder David Courchene III 'Sabe' for the gracious invitation," Hansen said of the ceremony, which took place at Turtle Lodge in Manitoba on the lands of the Sagkeeng First Nation (also known as Fort Alexander). Jeremy Hansen recently participated in the four-day Indigenous rite of passage as part of Artemis 2 mission training, the Canadian Space Agency astronaut tweeted. (Image credit: Jeremy Hansen/Canadian Space Agency/Twitter)Īn Artemis 2 astronaut recently finished a vision quest to help prepare for his upcoming trip around the moon. The lodge is situated on the Indigenous lands of Sagkeeng First Nation (also known as Fort Alexander), Manitoba, Canada, on the southern tip of Lake Winnipeg. Read more: See Artemis 2 moon astronauts train with US Navy for Orion splashdown (photos, video)Īrtemis 2 astronaut Jeremy Hansen took this picture of a totem pole during a vision quest with the Turtle Lodge. While the crew familiarized themselves with the team and procedures, NASA and the Department of Defense practiced recovery operations nearby San Diego using equipment such as helicopters, boats and the USS John P. ![]() The Navy and NASA are training to recover the four-person crew, which will circle around the moon no earlier than November 2024, after they complete their 10-day mission. Navy team recently on splashdown operations. The Artemis 2 astronauts worked with the U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Joshua Samoluk) The astronauts of Artemis 2 will use a similar recovery basket after returning to Earth via the ocean. Visible here are sailors with the helicopter sea combat squadron 23, the "Wildcards", waiting for an MH-60S Seahawk to send down a recovery basket. Navy practice for Artemis 2 recovery operations on Jin operations done alongside NASA. ![]()
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