NASA Ames Experts Available for Artemis II Flight Test Interviews

NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley invites media to interview local experts on Friday, March 27, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., before the agency sends astronauts around the Moon for the first time in more than 50 years with the Artemis II flight test. NASA teams are preparing for the final part of the preparations before launch starting Wednesday, April 1.

Artemis II will send four astronauts on a roughly 10-day mission around the Moon to test systems that will return astronauts to the lunar surface and prepare for crewed missions to Mars.

NASA Ames has continued to build on its contributions to the Artemis program, helping to advance research, engineering, science and technology for Artemis II.

How Ames contributes to Artemis II:

• Engineers and researchers collaborated across the agency to validate technologies using Ames’ advanced testing facilities such as the Arc Jet Complex.
• The center has several scientists who will participate in the Artemis II science team, working to guide the mission’s lunar observations.
• Researchers helped the Space Launch System (SLS) team increase airflow around the rocket and reduce vibrations, allowing for a smoother ascent into space.
• The center also supports mission assurance through system testing, software verification and fault management, and will participate in post-flight analysis of Artemis II performance.

Media requesting a virtual interview with one of the subject matter experts below should email the Ames Communications Office at arc-dl-newsroom@mail.nasa.gov by 5 p.m. March 26.

A media resource reel is available upon request.

NASA Ames experts available for interview:

• Eugene Tu, director of NASA Ames Center
• Anthony Colaprete, Acting Scientific Director of Ames at NASA
• Parul Agrawal, Engineering Project Manager, Orion at NASA Ames

Artemis II will be the first crewed mission in NASA’s Artemis program, which will send astronauts on increasingly difficult missions to further explore the Moon for scientific discovery, economic benefit and to lay the foundation for the Red Planet.

To learn more about NASA’s Artemis campaign, visit:

https://www.nasa.gov/artemis

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Tiffany Blake
Ames Research Center, Silicon Valley
650-604-4789
tiffany.n.blake@nasa.gov

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