Artemis I Preflight

Kennedy Space Center deputy director Kelvin Manning, left, NASA Kennedy Space Center director Janet Petro, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, welcome Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff as they arrive at the Launch and Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center ahead of the launch of Artemis I, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022, in Florida. NASA’s Artemis I flight test is the first integrated flight test of the agency’s deep space exploration systems: the Orion spacecraft, Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, and ground systems. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)