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id="main" class="site-main"> <header class="page-header"> <h1 class="page-title">Tag: <span>Christina Koch</span></h1> </header> <article id="post-2405" class="post-2405 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-artemis-ii category-exploration-ground-systems category-kennedy-space-center-2 category-nasa category-orion-spacecraft category-space-launch-system tag-artemis-campaign tag-christina-koch tag-integrated-ground-systems-tests tag-jeremy-hansen tag-launch-control-center tag-launch-countdown-simulation tag-moon tag-reid-wiseman tag-sls tag-victor-glover"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2024/12/19/artemis-launch-team-successfully-test-upgraded-launch-software/" rel="bookmark">Artemis Launch Team Successfully Test Upgraded Launch Software</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <figure id="attachment_2406" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-2406" style="width: 840px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-2406" src="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/12/KSC-20241206-PH-KLS02_0118large.jpg" alt="Members of the Artemis launch team participate in an Artemis II Terminal Count Simulation in Firing Room 1 inside the Launch Control Center at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, Dec. 6, 2024. Teams practiced running through the last hours of launch countdown as part of an integrated ground systems test the Exploration Ground Systems team is undergoing to prepare for Artemis II. This particular operation focused on testing the updated launch control system software the Artemis launch team uses to launch the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft." width="840" height="560" srcset="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/12/KSC-20241206-PH-KLS02_0118large.jpg 1920w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/12/KSC-20241206-PH-KLS02_0118large.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/12/KSC-20241206-PH-KLS02_0118large.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/12/KSC-20241206-PH-KLS02_0118large.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/12/KSC-20241206-PH-KLS02_0118large.jpg?resize=1536,1023 1536w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/12/KSC-20241206-PH-KLS02_0118large.jpg?resize=1200,799 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-2406" class="wp-caption-text">Members of the Artemis launch team participate in an Artemis II Terminal Count Simulation in Firing Room 1 inside the Launch Control Center at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, Dec. 6, 2024. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett</figcaption></figure> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Teams at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida successfully tested the launch control system, the software used to launch the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft for Artemis Moon missions. The evaluations, which took place in the firing rooms of Kennedy’s Launch Control Center, included testing that software, audio, and imagery displays </span><span data-contrast="auto">function </span><span data-contrast="auto">well together, as well as practicing a launch pad-abort scenario. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335559738":0,"335559739":0}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Engineers with </span><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/exploration-ground-systems/"><span data-contrast="none">Exploration Ground Systems</span></a><span data-contrast="auto"> (EGS) Program </span><span data-contrast="auto">divided the test into two parts: </span><span data-contrast="auto">teams first ensured the software the Artemis launch team uses can handle multiple inputs at the same time. Following software testing, teams performed a launch countdown simulation starting at T-minus </span><span data-contrast="auto">2 hours and 30 minutes until li</span><span data-contrast="auto">ftoff, which included testing</span> <span data-contrast="auto">the “abort switch,” a switch only the launch director and assistant launch director can flip in the event an abort at the launch pad is needed.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335559738":0,"335559739":0}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">This marks the next set of </span><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/kennedy/nasa-kennedy-ready-for-artemis-ii-moon-mission-ground-systems-testing-2/"><span data-contrast="none">integrated ground systems test</span></a><span data-contrast="auto">s NASA completed to prepare for the Artemis II mission. </span><span data-contrast="none">The </span><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/mission/artemis-ii/"><span data-contrast="none">Artemis II</span></a><span data-contrast="none"> test flight will be NASA’s first mission with crew under the Artemis campaign, sending NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, as well as CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, on a 10-day journey around the Moon.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335559738":0,"335559739":0}"> </span></p> <p><img decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-2407 size-large" src="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/12/Test-123457.png?w=840" alt="Artemis II Ground Systems Testing chart." width="840" height="649" srcset="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/12/Test-123457.png 1650w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/12/Test-123457.png?resize=300,232 300w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/12/Test-123457.png?resize=768,593 768w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/12/Test-123457.png?resize=1024,791 1024w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/12/Test-123457.png?resize=1536,1187 1536w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/12/Test-123457.png?resize=1200,927 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px" /></p> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard"><span class="screen-reader-text">Author </span> <a class="url fn n" href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/author/ajarami1/">Antonia Jaramillo Botero</a></span></span><span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted on </span><a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2024/12/19/artemis-launch-team-successfully-test-upgraded-launch-software/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-12-19T08:55:43-05:00">December 19, 2024 8:55 am</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-12-19T16:46:22-05:00">December 19, 2024 4:46 pm</time></a></span><span class="cat-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Categories </span><a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/category/artemis-ii/" rel="category tag">Artemis II</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/category/exploration-ground-systems/" rel="category tag">Exploration Ground Systems</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/category/kennedy-space-center-2/" rel="category tag">Kennedy Space Center</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/category/nasa/" rel="category tag">NASA</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/category/orion-spacecraft/" rel="category tag">Orion Spacecraft</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/category/space-launch-system/" rel="category tag">Space Launch System</a></span><span class="tags-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Tags </span><a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/tag/artemis-campaign/" rel="tag">Artemis campaign</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/tag/christina-koch/" rel="tag">Christina Koch</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/tag/integrated-ground-systems-tests/" rel="tag">integrated ground systems tests</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/tag/jeremy-hansen/" rel="tag">Jeremy Hansen</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/tag/launch-control-center/" rel="tag">Launch Control Center</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/tag/launch-countdown-simulation/" rel="tag">launch countdown simulation</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/tag/moon/" rel="tag">moon</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/tag/reid-wiseman/" rel="tag">Reid Wiseman</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/tag/sls/" rel="tag">SLS</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/tag/victor-glover/" rel="tag">Victor Glover</a></span> </footer> </article> <article id="post-2058" class="post-2058 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-artemis-ii category-orion-spacecraft category-space-launch-system tag-artemis-ii tag-christina-koch tag-core-stage tag-jeremy-hansen tag-maf tag-marshall-space-flight-center tag-michoud-assembly-facility tag-moon tag-msfc tag-orion tag-reid-wiseman tag-rs-25 tag-sls tag-space-launch-system tag-victor-glover"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2023/09/13/first-rs-25-engine-installed-to-nasas-artemis-ii-moon-rocket/" rel="bookmark">First RS-25 Engine Installed to NASA’s Artemis II Moon Rocket</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <figure id="attachment_2060" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-2060" style="width: 7935px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2023/09/MAF_20230911_CS2_FirstEngineInstall_03-1.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-2060" src="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2023/09/MAF_20230911_CS2_FirstEngineInstall_03-1.jpg" alt="Engineers and technicians from Aerojet Rocketdyne and Boeing at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans have installed the first of four RS-25 engines to the core stage for NASA’s Space Launch System rocket that will help power the first crewed Artemis mission to the Moon. The yellow core stage is seen in a horizontal position in the final assembly area at Michoud. One RS-25 engine, engine number E2059, has been installed in the top left corner at the base of the 212-foot-tall core stage." width="7935" height="5290" srcset="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2023/09/MAF_20230911_CS2_FirstEngineInstall_03-1.jpg 7935w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2023/09/MAF_20230911_CS2_FirstEngineInstall_03-1.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2023/09/MAF_20230911_CS2_FirstEngineInstall_03-1.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2023/09/MAF_20230911_CS2_FirstEngineInstall_03-1.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2023/09/MAF_20230911_CS2_FirstEngineInstall_03-1.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2023/09/MAF_20230911_CS2_FirstEngineInstall_03-1.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2023/09/MAF_20230911_CS2_FirstEngineInstall_03-1.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-2060" class="wp-caption-text">Engineers and technicians from Aerojet Rocketdyne and Boeing at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans have installed the first of four RS-25 engines to the core stage for NASA’s Space Launch System rocket that will help power the first crewed Artemis mission to the Moon. The yellow core stage is seen in a horizontal position in the final assembly area at Michoud. One RS-25 engine, engine number E2059, has been installed in the top left corner at the base of the 212-foot-tall core stage. Photo credit: NASA</figcaption></figure> <p>Technicians at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans have installed the first of four RS-25 engines on the core stage of the agency’s <a href="http://nasa.gov/sls">SLS (Space Launch System)</a> rocket that will help power NASA’s first crewed Artemis mission to the Moon. During <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/artemis-ii">Artemis II</a>, NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen will launch on SLS and journey around the Moon inside the Orion spacecraft during an approximately 10-day mission in preparation for future lunar missions.</p> <p>The Sept. 11 engine installation follows the <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/nasa-connects-all-major-structures-of-artemis-ii-moon-rocket-core-stage.html">joining of all five major structures</a> that make up the SLS core stage earlier this spring. NASA, lead RS-25 engines contractor Aerojet Rocketdyne, an L3 Harris Technologies company, and Boeing, the core stage lead contractor, will continue integrating the remaining three engines into the stage and installing the propulsion and electrical systems within the structure.</p> <p>All four RS-25 engines are located at the base of the <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/multimedia/infographics/corestage101.html">core stage</a> within the engine section, which protects the engines from the extreme temperatures during launch and has an aerodynamic boat tail fairing to channel airflow. During launch and flight, the four engines will fire nonstop for over eight minutes, consuming propellant from the core stage’s two massive propellant tanks at a rate of 1,500 gallons (5,678 liters) per second.</p> <p>Each SLS engine has a different <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/space-launch-system-engines-launching-artemis-astronauts-to-the-moon.html">serial number</a>. The serial number for the engine installed Sept. 11 in position two on the core stage is E2059. It along with the engine in position one, E2047, previously flew on space shuttle flights. E2047 is the most veteran engine of the entire set flying on Artemis II with 15 shuttle flights, including STS-98, which delivered the Destiny Laboratory Module to the International Space Station in 2001. The engines installed in positions three and four (E2062 and E2063) are new engines that include previously flown hardware.</p> <p>NASA is working to land the first woman and first person of color on the Moon under Artemis. SLS is part of NASA’s backbone for deep space exploration, along with Orion and the Gateway in orbit around the Moon, and commercial human landing systems. SLS is the only rocket that can send Orion, astronauts, and supplies to the Moon in a single mission.</p> <p>For more on NASA SLS visit:</p> <p style="text-align: center"><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/sls">https://www.nasa.gov/sls</a></p> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard"><span class="screen-reader-text">Author </span> <a class="url fn n" href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/author/lmohon/">Lee Mohon</a></span></span><span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted on </span><a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2023/09/13/first-rs-25-engine-installed-to-nasas-artemis-ii-moon-rocket/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2023-09-13T11:54:09-04:00">September 13, 2023 11:54 am</time><time class="updated" datetime="2023-09-13T12:23:12-04:00">September 13, 2023 12:23 pm</time></a></span><span class="cat-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Categories </span><a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/category/artemis-ii/" rel="category tag">Artemis II</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/category/orion-spacecraft/" rel="category tag">Orion Spacecraft</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/category/space-launch-system/" rel="category tag">Space Launch System</a></span><span class="tags-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Tags </span><a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/tag/artemis-ii/" rel="tag">Artemis II</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/tag/christina-koch/" rel="tag">Christina Koch</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/tag/core-stage/" rel="tag">Core stage</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/tag/jeremy-hansen/" rel="tag">Jeremy Hansen</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/tag/maf/" rel="tag">MAF</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/tag/marshall-space-flight-center/" rel="tag">Marshall Space Flight Center</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/tag/michoud-assembly-facility/" rel="tag">Michoud Assembly Facility</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/tag/moon/" rel="tag">moon</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/tag/msfc/" rel="tag">MSFC</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/tag/orion/" rel="tag">Orion spacecraft</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/tag/reid-wiseman/" rel="tag">Reid Wiseman</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/tag/rs-25/" rel="tag">RS-25</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/tag/sls/" rel="tag">SLS</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/tag/space-launch-system/" rel="tag">Space Launch System</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/tag/victor-glover/" rel="tag">Victor Glover</a></span> </footer> </article> <article id="post-2032" class="post-2032 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-artemis-ii category-exploration-ground-systems category-kennedy-space-center-2 category-nasa category-orion-spacecraft tag-artemis tag-artemis-ii tag-christina-hammock-koch tag-christina-koch tag-exploration-ground-systems tag-kennedy-space-center tag-nasa tag-nasa-astronauts tag-nasas-exploration-ground-systems tag-orion tag-reid-wiseman tag-victor-glover"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2023/07/20/artemis-ii-crew-visits-naval-base-san-diego-for-recovery-training/" rel="bookmark">Artemis II Crew Visits Naval Base San Diego for Recovery Training</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <figure id="attachment_2036" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-2036" style="width: 964px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-2036" src="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2023/07/San-Diego-astronauts.jpg" alt="Artemis II astronauts inside the Vehicle Advanced Demonstrator for Emergency Recovery (VADR) during a tour of Naval Base San Diego." width="964" height="723" srcset="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2023/07/San-Diego-astronauts.jpg 964w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2023/07/San-Diego-astronauts.jpg?resize=300,225 300w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2023/07/San-Diego-astronauts.jpg?resize=768,576 768w" sizes="(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-2036" class="wp-caption-text">From left (front to back), NASA astronauts Victor Glover, Christina Hammock Koch, and Reid Wiseman, along with Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen, pose inside the Vehicle Advanced Demonstrator for Emergency Recovery (VADR) during a tour of Naval Base San Diego on July 19, 2023. VADR is a replica of the Orion crew module that will carry the astronauts around the Moon on Artemis II. Photo credit: U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Joshua Samoluk</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis-ii/">Artemis II crew</a> – NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Hammock Koch, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen – visited Naval Base San Diego on July 19 ahead of the first Artemis II recovery test in the Pacific Ocean, Underway Recovery Test-10. The test will build on the success of Artemis I recovery and ensure NASA and the Department of Defense personnel can safely recover astronauts and their Orion spacecraft after their trip around the Moon on the first crewed Artemis mission.</p> <p>The crew met with recovery team members from NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Program and the Department of Defense to learn more about the recovery process for their mission, which includes being extracted from the spacecraft after splashing down in the Pacific Ocean and being lifted via helicopter to the recovery ship where they will undergo routine medical checks before returning to shore.</p> <p>The visit included a walkdown of the ground equipment and facilities the team uses to practice recovery procedures along with a walkthrough of the recovery ship. 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