Artemis II Mission Overview Briefing

From left to right, Rachel Kraft, NASA's Office of Communications; John Honeycutt, Artemis II mission management team chair; Charlie Blackwell-Thompson, launch director, Exploration Ground Systems Program at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida; Jeff Radigan, Artemis II lead flight director, Flight Operations Directorate; Lili Villarreal, Artemis II landing and recovery director in Exploration Ground Systems Program at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida; Jacob Bleacher, chief exploration scientist in the Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington, participate in an Artemis II mission overview news conference on Friday, Jan. 16, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida ahead of rollout of the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Complex 39B at NASA Kennedy. The Artemis II test flight 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 April 2026.