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Forum: Exploration: Moon to Mars
Topic: NASA's Artemis II mission (Orion/SLS)

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Message to Edit: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	Originally posted by Robert Pearlman on 03-31-2026 09:05 AM collectSPACE <blockquote><font size="+0"><a href="https://www.collectspace.com/news/news-033126a-artemis-ii-space-shuttle-legacy-hardware.html">Artemis II crew to launch to the moon on 43 years of space shuttle parts</a></font> [i]The first astronauts to fly to the moon since the end of the Apollo program are launching on a vehicle built out of space shuttle history. Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover and mission specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen did not launch on any of the winged orbiters. The three who flew before — Wiseman, Glover and Koch — all logged time on the International Space Station after flying on either Russia Soyuz or SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. The Artemis II Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion spacecraft, by comparison, have components flown on 86 space shuttle missions. The heavy-lift rocket and space capsule (specifically, its service module) have heritage dating back 44 years and as recent as the final mission of the program.[/i]</blockquote> <center><a href="https://www.collectspace.com/news/news-033126a-artemis-ii-space-shuttle-legacy-hardware.html" target="AirLock"><img src="https://www.collectspace.com/images/news-033126a-lg.jpg" width="400" height="225" border="0"></a></center>
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