NASA Artemis 1 Timeline / Spacecraft Operations Media Briefing

NASA will host a pair of briefings on Wednesday, Aug. 3, and Friday, Aug. 5, to preview the upcoming Artemis I lunar mission. The agency is currently targeting no earlier than Monday, Aug. 29, for the launch of the Space Launch System rocket to send the Orion spacecraft around the Moon and back to Earth. The mission will take place over the course of about six weeks to check out systems before crew fly aboard on Artemis II.

The first briefing will provide an overview of the Artemis I mission, and the second briefing will dive deeper into the Artemis I mission timeline and spacecraft operations. Both briefings will air live on NASA Television, the NASA app, the agency’s website.

Briefing participants include (all times Eastern):

Friday, Aug. 5

11:30 a.m. – Artemis I detailed mission briefing with the following participants:

– Debbie Korth, Orion program deputy manager, NASA Johnson
– Rick LaBrode, lead Artemis I flight director, NASA Johnson
– Judd Frieling, Artemis I ascent/entry flight director, NASA Johnson
– Melissa Jones, Artemis I recovery director, NASA Kennedy
– Reid Wiseman, chief astronaut, NASA Johnson
– Philippe Deloo, Orion European Service Module program manager, ESA (European Space Agency)

This event will air live on NASA TV and media may participate in person at Johnson or by phone. To participate in the briefings by phone, media must contact the Johnson newsroom by 5 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 4. U.S. media interested in participating in person at Johnson must contact the Johnson newsroom no later than 5 p.m. Friday, July. 29, by calling: 281-483-5111 or emailing: jsccommu@mail.nasa.gov.