Artemis II crew completes full dress rehearsal as NASA opens public "send your name" for 2026 lunar flyby

NASA's Artemis II crew — commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover and mission specialists Jeremy Hansen and Christina Koch — completed a full dress rehearsal and practiced night-launch scenarios at Kennedy Space Center, as the agency invites the public to send names to fly on the 2026 lunar flyby.

Discovered 2025-09-09T07:17:21.428779-07:00 | 2025-09-09T07:17:21.428779-07:00

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  • The dress rehearsal validates crew, ground and launch-day procedures and dovetails with NASA's recent public thank-you to key propulsion and systems suppliers: https://hype.aero/?story=f54110ac-fe88-4b9c-8fc1-2826f35e4016
  • The public "send your name" campaign signals schedule confidence in a 2026 lunar return and follows NASA's broader timeline for crewed Artemis missions: https://hype.aero/?story=ed34688b-0938-4f17-96d4-087b0150d9d4
  • Program pacing and mission-assurance questions remain relevant for contractors and planners; see the recent debate over loosening astronaut safety protocols: https://hype.aero/?story=204d41b2-a297-415c-a125-1b7ed6f2717d

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