Artemis II Terminal Count Simulation #25

From left, Dan Florez, NASA test director, and Lili Villarreal, Artemis II landing and recovery director, participate in the Artemis II terminal count simulation on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, inside Firing Room 1 of the Rocco A. Petrone Launch Control Center at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The terminal count simulation conducted by NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems team runs through the final five hours of launch countdown, include terminal count - the remaining 10 minutes of the countdown - for NASA’s Artemis II test flight which will take Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen from the CSA (Canadian Space Agency), around the Moon and back to Earth no later than no later than April 2026 from Launch Complex 39B at NASA Kennedy.