Artemis I - NASA Administrator Bill Nelson Meets the Red Team

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson (left) meets with members of the “red crew,” Jacobs/TOSC ERC employees Billy Cairns (second from left), cryogenic engineering technician; Chad Garrett (second from right), safety engineer; and Trent Annis (right), cryogenic engineering technician, after the launch of Artemis I at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Nov. 16, 2022. The team of technicians are part of the personnel specially trained to conduct operations at the launch pad during cryogenic loading operations at the launch pad. Prior to the launch of Artemis I, the red crew entered the zero deck, or base, of the mobile launcher and tightened several bolts to troubleshoot a valve used to replenish the core stage with liquid hydrogen which showed a leak with readings above limits. NASA has historically sent teams to the pad to conduct inspections during active launch operations as needed. Artemis I launch successfully at 1:47 a.m. EST on Nov. 16, from Kennedy’s Launch Pad 39B.