ARTEMIS II MISSION OVERVIEW AND S&T BRIEFINGS, Sept 23, 2025, JSC, 10:00 am ET and 12:00 pm ET

Update:  According to NASA’s news release, the time of the briefings on September 23 were changed. They now are at 10:00 am and 12:00 pm ET instead of 11:00 am and 1:00 pm ET, although as of September 20 NASA’s list of upcoming events still shows the original times.

Original Entry: NASA will hold three briefings about the Artemis II mission on September 23 and September 24, 2025.  Artemis II will fly around the Moon in the spring of 2026, the first crewed flight to that distance since the Apollo program.

Two of the briefings are on September 23:  Mission Overview, and Science and Technology. The third, with the Artemis II crew, is on September 24 (see our separate entry).

Participants in the September 23 briefings are:

11 a.m.: Artemis II Mission Overview Briefing

• Lakiesha Hawkins, acting deputy associate administrator, Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters
• Charlie Blackwell-Thompson, Artemis launch director, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida
• Judd Frieling, lead Artemis II ascent flight director, NASA Johnson
• Jeff Radigan, lead Artemis II flight director, NASA Johnson
• Rick Henfling, lead Artemis II entry flight director, NASA Johnson
• Daniel Florez, test director, Exploration Ground Systems, NASA Kennedy

1 p.m.: Artemis II Science and Technology Briefing

• Matt Ramsey, Artemis II mission manager, NASA Headquarters
• Debbie Korth, deputy Orion Program manager, NASA Johnson
• Jacob Bleacher, manager, Science, Technology Utilization, and Integration, Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters
• Mark Clampin, acting deputy associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters

More information is in the NASA press release.

The Artemis II briefings will stream live on the agency’s YouTube channel and X account.