{"id":336583,"date":"2025-12-24T23:59:43","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T13:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?guid=b2b204a159ee96904822ae4892452ff6"},"modified":"2025-12-24T23:59:43","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T13:59:43","slug":"santa-visits-artemis-ii-rocket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=336583","title":{"rendered":"Santa Visits Artemis II Rocket"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Santa Claus (NASA engineer Guy Naylor) poses with NASA\u2019s Artemis II<\/a> Orion spacecraft and SLS (Space Launch System) rocket in the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Dec. 11, 2025. The Orion spacecraft was stacked<\/a> atop the SLS in October 2025.<\/p>\n

Set to launch in early 2026, the Artemis II test flight will be NASA\u2019s first mission with crew under Artemis. Astronauts on their first flight aboard Orion will confirm all the spacecraft\u2019s systems operate as designed with crew aboard in the actual environment of deep space. Through the Artemis campaign, NASA will send astronauts to explore the Moon for scientific discovery, economic benefits, and to build the foundation for the first crewed missions to Mars \u2013 for the benefit of all.<\/p>\n

Image credit: NASA\/Adeline Morgan<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Santa Claus (NASA engineer Guy Naylor) poses with NASA\u2019s Artemis II Orion spacecraft and SLS (Space Launch System) rocket in the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Dec. 11, 2025. The Orion spacecraft was stacked atop the SLS in October 2025. Set to launch in early 2026, the Artemis II [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15595,15741,15717],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-336583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artemis","category-artemis-2","category-kennedy-space-center"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t