{"id":575740,"date":"2023-12-07T11:52:46","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T16:52:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=image-article&p=575740"},"modified":"2023-12-07T11:52:47","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T16:52:47","slug":"artemis-ii-crews-sls-visit","status":"publish","type":"image-article","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-article\/artemis-ii-crews-sls-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"Artemis II Crew\u2019s SLS Visit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<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-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/maf-20231116-cs2-astronautvisit02orig.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1366\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/maf-20231116-cs2-astronautvisit02orig.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"From left to right, NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, CSA astronaut Jeremy Hansen, NASA astronaut Christina Koch, and two people stand in a circle as they have a discussion. The astronauts wear blue flight suits with various patches on them. A building with bare ceilings and concrete floors stretches far behind them.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/maf-20231116-cs2-astronautvisit02orig.jpg 8192w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/maf-20231116-cs2-astronautvisit02orig.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/maf-20231116-cs2-astronautvisit02orig.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/maf-20231116-cs2-astronautvisit02orig.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/maf-20231116-cs2-astronautvisit02orig.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/maf-20231116-cs2-astronautvisit02orig.jpg?resize=2048,1366 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/maf-20231116-cs2-astronautvisit02orig.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/maf-20231116-cs2-astronautvisit02orig.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/maf-20231116-cs2-astronautvisit02orig.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/maf-20231116-cs2-astronautvisit02orig.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/maf-20231116-cs2-astronautvisit02orig.jpg?resize=2000,1333 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA \/ Michael DeMocker<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>On Nov. 16, 2023, NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman (left) and Christina Koch (middle) of NASA and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen (second from left) view the core stage for the <a href=\"http:\/\/nasa.gov\/sls\" rel=\"noopener\">Space Launch System (SLS) rocket<\/a> at NASA\u2019s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. The three astronauts, along with NASA\u2019s Victor Glover, will launch atop the rocket stage to venture around the Moon on Artemis II, the first crewed flight for Artemis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The astronauts\u2019 visit to Michoud coincided with <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.nasa.gov\/video\/farther-faster\/\" rel=\"noopener\">the first anniversary of the launch of Artemis I<\/a>. The uncrewed flight test of SLS and Orion was the first in a series of increasingly complex missions for Artemis as the agency works to return humans to the lunar surface and develop a long-term presence there for discovery and exploration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Image Credit: NASA\/Michael DeMocker<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Nov. 16, 2023, NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman (left) and Christina Koch (middle) of NASA and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen (second from left) view the core stage for the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket at NASA\u2019s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. The three astronauts, along with NASA\u2019s Victor Glover, will launch […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":575727,"template":"","meta":{"nasa_hds_core_meta_l10n":"en-US","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_editor":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_contacts":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_topic":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_linked_locations":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_related_articles":[],"hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_id":"","hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_type":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_x":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_y":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_gallery_images":[]},"categories":[2918,3417,3438,2865,3784],"news-tags":[],"internal-terms":[],"coauthors":[8391],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Artemis II Crew\u2019s SLS Visit","url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-article\/artemis-ii-crews-sls-visit\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-article\/artemis-ii-crews-sls-visit\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/maf-20231116-cs2-astronautvisit02orig.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/maf-20231116-cs2-astronautvisit02orig.jpg"},"articleSection":"Missions","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Lee Mohon"}],"creator":["Lee Mohon"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"NASA","logo":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/themes\/nasa\/assets\/images\/nasa-logo.svg"},"keywords":["NASA Directorates","Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate","Common Exploration Systems Development Division","Space Launch System (SLS)","Artemis 2","Christina H. 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