Journey to the Stars: Exploring the Universe with NASA

On Sunday, May 21 at 5:37 p.m. ET (21:37 UTC), Falcon 9 launched Axiom Space’s Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2) to the International Space Station from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed on Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Dragon will autonomously dock with the space station on Monday, May 22 at approximately 9:16 a.m. ET (13:16 UTC). During their time on the orbiting laboratory, the crew will conduct over 20 science and technology experiments in areas such as human physiology, physical sciences, and STEAM to help expand knowledge to benefit life on Earth in areas such as healthcare, materials, technology development, and enable industrial advances. The webcast will resume approximately two hours prior to docking.

NASA hosts a news conference on Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2023, at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to provide Artemis II mission preparations and crew training updates. Participants include: NASA Administrator Bill Nelson NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy NASA Associate Administrator of Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate Jim Free NASA Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman NASA Artemis II Pilot Victor Glover NASA Artemis II Mission Specialist Christina Hammock Koch Canadian Space Agency Artemis II Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen Artemis II is the first crewed mission on NASA’s path to establishing a long-term lunar presence for science and exploration under Artemis and is the first mission with astronauts to the Moon in more than 50 years.