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NASA hosts a news conference on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 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. Learn more about the Artemis II crew and their mission at: https://www.nasa.gov/artemis-ii