ALT From left to right, Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov, NASA astronaut Luke Delaney, NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk hold up the number "13" with their fingers. They are dressed in blue flight suits. Photo: NASA/Luna Posadas Nava

ALT Two of NASA's T-38 aircraft are pictured in flight following departure from Ellington Field. One bears a paint scheme reflecting the Artemis program. Photo: NASA/Luna Posadas Nava

ALT Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk stands beside NASA's T-38 aircraft. NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins sits in the backseat. Both wear blue flight suits. Photo: NASA/Luna Posadas Nava

ALT From left to right, NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins, Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov, NASA astronaut Luke Delaney, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk walk carrying green bags and wearing blue flight suits ahead of departing aboard T-38 aircraft for NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Photo: NASA/Luna Posadas Nava

ALT A bright, full Moon shines through dark clouds in the night sky over Cleveland on Sept. 17, 2024. That night’s full Moon was the Harvest Moon, as well as a supermoon and a partial lunar eclipse. The Moon appears bright white against the surrounding black sky, with wispy gray clouds passing across and around its surface. Credit: NASA/Jef Janis

ALT Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL cargo spacecraft fires its engines while berthed to the Unity module, lifting the International Space Station’s orbit on Aug. 27, 2026.

ALT On this week’s #HWHAP, the Crew-13 quartet discuss their journeys to becoming astronauts, what they’re looking forward to on orbit, and the work ahead during their mission aboard the International Space Station. Credit: NASA

ALT This view from a window on the SpaceX Dragon highlights the sun illuminating a cloudy Pacific Ocean as the International Space Station orbited 263 miles above Earth. Credit: NASA/Jessica Meir

ALT The four members of NASA's SpaceX Crew-14 mission stand in their flight suits, white with black trim, and smile at the camera. Credit: SpaceX

ALT A black, cone-shaped spacecraft reentry capsule sits upright, with its pointed end stuck slightly into the wet sand of a desert plain dotted with low green shrubs. Pale mountains rise in the distance beneath a clear blue sky. The capsule appears intact after landing, standing out against the light-colored, sandy terrain.

ALT The SpaceX Crew-13 members pose for a portrait in their pressure suits during a preflight training session at the company's headquarters in Hawthorne, California. From left are, Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov, NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk. Credit: SpaceX

ALT A NASA intern stands behind a wooden lectern next to an Extravehicular Mobility Unit suit. Another student takes a photo of him with a cell phone. Photo: NASA/Riley McClenaghan

ALT A photo of NASA's Mission Control Center, a large room dense with computer monitors and people at desks. Large screens fill the farthest wall, displaying images and data on the current mission.

ALT Trevor Graff, the Artemis Science Team Hardware and Testing Lead, deploys a mockup of the Lunar Environment Monitoring Station (LEMS) during testing with the Active Response Gravity Offload System (ARGOS) at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas on April 21st, 2025. LEMS is a compact, autonomous, and self-sustaining seismometer suite designed to carry out continuous, long-term, monitoring of the lunar seismic environment at the South Polar region. Photo Credit: NASA/ James Blair

ALT Trevor Graff, the Artemis Science Team Hardware and Testing Lead, deploys a mockup of the Lunar Environment Monitoring Station (LEMS) during testing with the Active Response Gravity Offload System (ARGOS) at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas on April 21st, 2025. LEMS is a compact, autonomous, and self-sustaining seismometer suite designed to carry out continuous, long-term, monitoring of the lunar seismic environment at the South Polar region. Photo Credit: NASA/ James Blair

ALT Trevor Graff, the Artemis Science Team Hardware and Testing Lead, deploys a mockup of the Lunar Environment Monitoring Station (LEMS) during testing with the Active Response Gravity Offload System (ARGOS) at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas on April 21st, 2025. LEMS is a compact, autonomous, and self-sustaining seismometer suite designed to carry out continuous, long-term, monitoring of the lunar seismic environment at the South Polar region. Photo Credit: NASA/ James Blair

ALT Four people wearing white SpaceX-style spacesuits stand together indoors, smiling or looking toward the camera. They are positioned in front of a wall displaying numerous colorful mission patches, with various spacecraft hardware visible in the background. Photo credit: SpaceX

ALT A straight-on shot of the twin SLS solid rocket boosters, surrounded by platforms and walkways that allow technicians to access them. The booster segments are white with black markings on it. The boosters are shaped like vertical tubes. Credit: NASA/Frank Michaux

ALT The 10 members of NASA’s 2025 Astronaut Candidate Class pose with rock samples collected during their geology training at the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument, New Mexico. Credit: NASA/Helen Arase Vargas

ALT During a lunar flyby observation period, the Artemis II crew captures craters dotting the surface of the Moon, revealing its rugged, ancient surface. This scarred landscape reflects a long history of cosmic collisions. Credit: NASA

ALT This photo of a crescent Moon and crescent Earth was taken by an Artemis II astronaut during lunar flyby on flight day 6. This captures one of the final moments before their loss of signal with Earth as the Orion spacecraft flew around the far side of the Moon, reemerging and regaining contact approximately 40 minutes later. Credit: NASA

ALT Earthset captured through the Orion spacecraft window at 6:37 p.m. EDT, April 6, 2026, during the Artemis II crew’s flyby of the Moon. A muted blue Earth with bright white clouds sets behind the cratered lunar surface. The dark portion of Earth is in nighttime. Credit: NASA

ALT Echoing the iconic Earthrise photo captured by the Apollo 8 astronauts in 1968, during the lunar flyby, the Artemis II crew captured a shot of Earthset as they passed behind the Moon’s far side. It is one of many photos taken during the seven-hour lunar flyby by the Artemis II crew on the Orion spacecraft. Credit: NASA