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Brett Tingley

Artemis 2 moon astronauts suit up and enter their Orion spacecraft together for 1st time

Four people in orange flight suits sit inside a drab-looking office room.

The four crewmembers of NASA's next moon mission are moving closer to their upcoming launch.

The Artemis 2 crew consists of NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman (commander), Victor Glover (pilot), Christina Koch (mission specialist) and the Canadian Space Agency's Jeremy Hansen. After experiencing multiple delays, the quartet is scheduled to launch no earlier than April 2026 on their 10-day mission around the moon and back. With just months left before the historic launch, the Artemis crew is hard at work finishing their training and preparations. As part of that training, the whole crew suited up in their launch and entry suits to enter their Orion spacecraft together for the first time on July 31 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida during what is known as a suited crew test.

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