NASA Briefing with Artemis II Crew

NASA astronaut Christina Hammock Koch, Artemis II mission specialist, participates in a news conference on Aug. 8, 2023, at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA senior leadership and the Artemis II crew discussed the mission – the first with astronauts under Artemis, which will send NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Koch, as well as Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen around the Moon and back. Artemis II is the first crewed mission on NASA’s path to establishing a long-term lunar presence for science and exploration under Artemis and is the first mission with astronauts to the Moon.