Artemis II crew visits NASA Marshall Space Flight Center on Sept. 1 2026

NASA’s Artemis II crew—astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover and Reid Wiseman, joined by Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen—arrived in Huntsville, Alabama, on Sept. 1, 2026, for a visit to the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center. The delegation met with more than 2,000 Marshall employees, including engineers, scientists and support staff, to discuss the upcoming mission, review technical progress and answer questions about the spacecraft, launch vehicle and mission timeline. Organizers highlighted the center’s contributions to the Orion crew capsule, the Space Launch System rocket and the deep‑space navigation systems that will carry the crew on a lunar flyby later this year.

The interaction provided the astronauts with a platform to share firsthand experiences from training, describe the crew’s scientific objectives and emphasize the international partnership that underpins Artemis II. Officials noted that the visit reinforces the collaborative effort between NASA and its partners, while also inspiring the workforce ahead of the mission’s scheduled launch. The event concluded with a brief tour of the propulsion and avionics facilities, underscoring Marshall’s ongoing role in supporting the United States’ return to deep‑space exploration.