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*Join NASA Administrator, Artemis II Moon Crew for Mission Update*
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Technicians work on the Orion crew module for NASA’s Artemis II mission
inside the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at the
agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
*/Credits: NASA/*
NASA will host a news conference at 2 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, Aug. 8, at the
agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, to provide Artemis II mission
preparations and crew training updates. Artemis II will send a crew of four
astronauts on a journey around the Moon and bring them back safely, paving
the way for future long-term human exploration missions to the lunar surface,
and eventually Mars.
NASA will provide live coverage of the news conference on NASA Television,
the NASA app [1], and the agency’s website. Watch the update live at:
*https://www.nasa.gov/live* [2]
Participants will include:
* NASA Administrator Bill Nelson
* NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy
* Jim Free, NASA associate administrator, Exploration Systems Development
Mission Directorate
* 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 (Canadian Space Agency)
Accreditation to participate in person has passed [3] for this event. To ask
questions via phone, media must dial into the news conference no later than
15 minutes prior to the start time. For dial-in information, please contact
[4].
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 in more than 50 years. The
approximately 10-day Artemis II flight test will launch on the agency’s
powerful Space Launch System rocket, prove the Orion spacecraft’s
life-support systems, and validate the capabilities and techniques needed for
humans to live and work in deep space.
Learn more about the Artemis II crew and their mission at:
*https://www.nasa.gov/artemis-ii* [5]
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*Press Contacts*
Rachel Kraft
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1100
Tiffany Fairley
Kennedy Space Center, Florida
321-876-2468
Courtney Beasley
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111
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[1] https://www.nasa.gov/nasaapp
[2] https://www.nasa.gov/live
[3] https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-invites-media-to-view-orion-spacecraft-for-next-artemis-missions
[5] https://www.nasa.gov/artemis-ii