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<\/a><\/figure>NASA and the Department of Defense will host a media event on the recovery operations that will bring the Artemis II<\/a> astronauts and the agency\u2019s Orion spacecraft home at the conclusion of next year\u2019s mission around the Moon. The in-person event will take place at 3 p.m. PDT on Monday, March 31, at Naval Base San Diego in California.<\/p>\n A team of NASA and Department of Defense personnel are at sea in the Pacific Ocean where splashdown will take place. The team currently is practicing the procedures it will use to recover<\/a> the astronauts after their more than 600,000 mile journey from Earth and back on the first crewed mission under the Artemis campaign. A test version of Orion and other hardware also will be on-hand for media representatives to view.<\/p>\n Interested media must RSVP no later than 4 p.m. PDT Friday, March 28, to Naval Base San Diego Public Affairs at nbsd.pao@us.navy.mil<\/a> or 619-556-7359. The start time of the event may change based on the conclusion of testing activities.<\/p>\n Participants include:<\/p>\n Several astronauts participating in the testing will be available for interviews.<\/p>\n Artemis II will be the first test flight of the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket, Orion spacecraft, and supporting ground system with crew aboard. NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen will venture around the Moon and back. The mission is another step toward missions on the lunar surface and helping the agency prepare for future astronaut missions to Mars.<\/p>\n Learn more about Artemis II at:<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/artemis-ii\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n -end-<\/p>\n Jim Wilson Madison Tuttle\/Allison Tankersley\n
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