Artemis 2 Astronauts Arrive at Kennedy Ahead of Lunar Mission

Artemis 2’s crew—Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen—landed at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center ahead of the first crewed Moon mission in over 50 years, preparing to launch on the Space Launch System with Orion for a roughly 10-day loop around the Moon on a free-return trajectory. The astronauts have been in quarantine since March 20 after the rocket’s rollout to the pad, and fueling and countdown work is underway with a potential April 1–6 launch window and up to four launch attempts. Artemis 2 is a test flight, not a Moon landing, paving the path for Artemis 3 in lunar orbit next year and Artemis 4 for a lunar landing in 2028.