Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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The four astronauts of the Artemis 2 mission returned to NASA's Kennedy Space Center to thank the workforce who helped them successfully launch onboard their Orion spacecraft, atop the Space Launch System rocket and fly further from Earth than any other humans before.

As NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, along with Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen discussed their mission, Spaceflight Now and other members of the press spoke with them to reflect on their mission as well as look forward to Artemis 3 and the future ambitions for returning humans to the Moon through the Artemis Program.

Spaceflight Now Reporter Will Robinson-Smith also examines the status of the Artemis 3 mission as the various pieces of hardware continue coming together for a mission targeting mid-2027.

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