"To be here and experience this mission unfold in real time and be part of this team — I'm just living my dream right now.” In Mission Control’s Orion Mission Evaluation Room inside NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Mrugen Patel supported Orion’s passive thermal control system, watching real‑time spacecraft data to ensure the crew and hardware remained within safe temperatures throughout the Artemis II mission. Credit: NASA Producers: Rad Sinyak, Erika Peters Editor: Nicole Rose Join NASA as we go forward to the Moon and on to Mars -- discover the latest on Earth, the Solar System and beyond with a weekly update in your inbox. Subscribe at: https://www.nasa.gov/subscribe
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