{"id":621310,"date":"2024-02-26T15:35:04","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T20:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=image-article&p=621310"},"modified":"2024-02-26T15:42:57","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T20:42:57","slug":"artemis-ii-crew-recovery-teams-train-for-final-phase-of-moon-mission","status":"publish","type":"image-article","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-article\/artemis-ii-crew-recovery-teams-train-for-final-phase-of-moon-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"Artemis II Crew, Recovery Teams Train for Final Phase of Moon Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><a href=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/KSC-20240225-PH_KAA01-0142\/KSC-20240225-PH_KAA01-0142~large.jpg?w=1920&h=1322&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" rel=\"noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1322\" src=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/KSC-20240225-PH_KAA01-0142\/KSC-20240225-PH_KAA01-0142~large.jpg?w=1920&h=1322&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 69% 86%; object-position: 69% 86%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/KSC-20240225-PH_KAA01-0142\/KSC-20240225-PH_KAA01-0142~large.jpg?w=1920&h=1322&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1920w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/KSC-20240225-PH_KAA01-0142\/KSC-20240225-PH_KAA01-0142~large.jpg?w=300&h=207&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 300w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/KSC-20240225-PH_KAA01-0142\/KSC-20240225-PH_KAA01-0142~large.jpg?w=768&h=529&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 768w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/KSC-20240225-PH_KAA01-0142\/KSC-20240225-PH_KAA01-0142~large.jpg?w=1024&h=705&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1024w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/KSC-20240225-PH_KAA01-0142\/KSC-20240225-PH_KAA01-0142~large.jpg?w=1536&h=1058&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1536w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/KSC-20240225-PH_KAA01-0142\/KSC-20240225-PH_KAA01-0142~large.jpg?w=400&h=275&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 400w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/KSC-20240225-PH_KAA01-0142\/KSC-20240225-PH_KAA01-0142~large.jpg?w=600&h=413&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 600w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/KSC-20240225-PH_KAA01-0142\/KSC-20240225-PH_KAA01-0142~large.jpg?w=900&h=620&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 900w, https:\/\/images-assets.nasa.gov\/image\/KSC-20240225-PH_KAA01-0142\/KSC-20240225-PH_KAA01-0142~large.jpg?w=1200&h=826&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Credit: NASA\/Kenny Allen<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>NASA astronaut and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/artemis-ii\/\">Artemis II<\/a> pilot Victor Glover is assisted by U.S. Navy personnel as he exits a mockup of the Orion spacecraft in the Pacific Ocean during training Feb. 25, while his crewmates look on. The Artemis II crew and a team from NASA and the Department of Defense are spending several days at sea to test the procedures and tools that will be used to help the crew to safety when they splash down in the ocean at the end of their 10-day, 685,000-mile journey around the Moon next year as part of the first crewed mission under NASA’s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/humans-in-space\/artemis\/\">Artemis <\/a>campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the day of the crew’s return to Earth, a Navy ship with specially trained personnel will await splashdown and then approach the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/humans-in-space\/orion-spacecraft\/\">Orion<\/a> capsule to help extract the four astronauts. An inflatable raft, called the front porch, will provide a place for them to rest when they exit the capsule before they are then individually hoisted by helicopters and flown to the waiting ship. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Artemis II, launching atop the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/humans-in-space\/space-launch-system\/\">SLS<\/a> (Space Launch System) rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, will test the Orion spacecraft’s life support systems needed for future lunar missions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA astronaut and Artemis II pilot Victor Glover is assisted by U.S. Navy personnel as he exits a mockup of the Orion spacecraft in the Pacific Ocean during training Feb. 25, while his crewmates look on. 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