NASA is conducting a week-long field test in the lunar-like landscape for its astronauts to practice moonwalk scenarios for its next manned lunar mission Artemis 3.
Astronauts Kate Rubins and Andre Douglas are serving as crewmembers and wearing mockup spacesuit systems as they traverse through the desert, completing a variety of technology demonstrations, hardware checkouts and Artemis science-related operations.
NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Doug “Wheels” Wheelock participated in a recent test of a sub-scale mockup elevator for SpaceX’s Starship human landing system
In the lead-up to the first Artemis 1 launch attempt, Spaceflight Insider spoke with Jason Hutt NASA's human-rating, systems engineering, and integration lead for the Orion crew module.