NASA to Host Artemis II Crew Postflight News Conference
Freshly returned to Earth, the Artemis II astronauts will hold a press conference at 2:30 p.m. EDT on Thursday, April 16 at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston to discuss their historic mission around the Moon.
NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch, as well as CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, will answer questions about their mission. The crew returned to Earth on April 10, crashed off the coast of San Diego, and arrived in Houston on April 11, where they underwent standard post-flight scientific reconditioning, evaluations, and debriefings.
NASA will provide live coverage of the press conference on the agency’s YouTube channel. Learn how to watch NASA content through a variety of additional online platforms, including social media.
Media are invited to attend in person or by telephone.
In-person participation is limited to media previously accredited by NASA Johnson for the Artemis II mission. To attend in person, contact NASA’s Johnson Newsroom before 5 p.m. CDT on Tuesday, April 14 at jsccommu@mail.nasa.gov.
Media joining by telephone must RSVP to NASA’s Johnson News Room by email by 5 p.m. CDT on Wednesday, April 15. Those participating by phone must log in no later than 10 minutes before the start of the event.
NASA’s media accreditation policy is available on the agency’s website.
The Artemis II mission launched April 1 aboard NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. During the nearly 10-day test flight, the crew accomplished the mission’s primary objectives, including testing their life support systems; manually pilot the Orion spacecraft; carry out maneuvers to propel Orion towards the Moon and adjust its trajectory; perform a lunar flyby with unprecedented views of the far side of the Moon; and perform safe re-entry and recovery. The astronauts also set a record for the farthest distance traveled by humans from Earth.
As part of a golden age of innovation and exploration, NASA will send Artemis astronauts on increasingly challenging missions to further explore the Moon for scientific discovery and economic benefit, establish a lasting human presence on the lunar surface, and lay the groundwork for sending the first astronauts – American astronauts – to Mars.
Learn more about the mission by visiting:
https://www.nasa.gov/artemis-ii
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Rachel Kraft/Lauren Low
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1600
rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov / lauren.e.low@nasa.gov
Courtney Beasley
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111
courtney.m.beasley@nasa.gov
