NASA’s new administrator Jared Isaacman greeted the astronauts as they emerged from their T-38 training jets at Kennedy Space Center. Besides Wiseman, the crew includes NASA’s Victor Glover and Christina Koch, and Canada’s Jeremy Hansen.
The welcoming committee also included the Canadian Space Agency’s president, Lisa Campbell, dozens of NASA managers and more than 100 journalists.
Artemis 2 will launch four astronauts on a 10-day voyage around the moon. Below, you'll find complete coverage of the mission from Space.com's spaceflight news team.
NASA is now three days away from the launch of its Artemis 2 mission on April 1, and even though it's Sunday, there's a lot going on.
Today at 11:30 a.m. EDT (1530 GMT), the four Artemis 2 astronauts will speak with the media to answer questions, but it will be a "virtual" press conference. The astronauts are in quarantine currently at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral.
At 2 p.m. EDT (1800 GMT) today, NASA will hold a press conference to give a status update on the mission. We'll have that live on the site as well.
NASA's Artemis 2 astronaut moon mission is still on track to launch on April 1 at 6:24 p.m. EDT (2224 GMT).
With the Artemis 2 astronauts at their launch site for NASA's first crewed moon mission in over 50 years, we're just days away from the historic liftoff. So you'll want to know how and when to tune in for the flight.
The next major events will occur on Sunday, when the Artemis 2 astronauts will speak to the press one last time before liftoff. Then, NASA will hold a press conference in the afternoon. You can find the schedule for those events in our "what time is it" article as well.
Today, Space.com's Josh Dinner will be at the launch pad setting up remote cameras for our photo coverage of the launch. Wish him luck!
