NASA Shows Off New Mission Control Center Room for Artemis 2 Mission

The next-generation Orion spacecraft, which will take astronauts to the Moon for the first time in over 60 years, is so full of new tech that NASA reportedly needed a new control room just to manage it. The new Mission Evaluation Room will allow in-depth data analysis of Orion, while the in-flight operations are handled by a separate team in the main White Flight Control Room.

Artemis 2's launch window is planned for February through April 2026 and will send NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, along with Jeremy Hansen of the Canadian Space Agency, in a fly-by orbit of the Moon. This will be the first time any astronauts have travelled beyond low Earth orbit since the Apollo 17 mission in 1972. It will use the Space Launch System rocket to get there, and is a key step towards Artemis 3, a manned Moon landing ...