NASA Briefing with Artemis II Crew

NASA senior leadership and the Artemis II crew participate in a news conference on Aug. 8, 2023, at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Participants, from left, are NASA Press Secretary Jackie McGuinness; Bill Nelson, NASA administrator; Pam Melroy, NASA deputy administrator; Bob Cabana, NASA associate administrator; Jim Free, associate administrator for Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters; NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, Artemis II commander; NASA astronaut Victor Glover, Artemis II pilot; NASA astronaut Christina Hammock Koch, Artemis II mission specialist; and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, Artemis II mission specialist. 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.