{"id":373037,"date":"2026-02-21T00:50:53","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T14:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?guid=9a6fdf7a0c5d1497df354f8639a3c8ae"},"modified":"2026-02-21T00:50:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T14:50:53","slug":"artemis-ii-crew-trains-on-t-38","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=373037","title":{"rendered":"Artemis II Crew Trains on T-38"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\">\n<div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/jsc2026e007422orig.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1535\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/jsc2026e007422orig.jpg?w=1535\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"A white plane rises upward to the left against a blue sky. At top left, the waning crescent moon is faintly visible. The plane has a blue stripe low on its body and a version of the NASA insignia on the rudder.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" loading=\"eager\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/jsc2026e007422orig.jpg 2651w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/jsc2026e007422orig.jpg?resize=225,300 225w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/jsc2026e007422orig.jpg?resize=768,1025 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/jsc2026e007422orig.jpg?resize=767,1024 767w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/jsc2026e007422orig.jpg?resize=1151,1536 1151w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/jsc2026e007422orig.jpg?resize=1535,2048 1535w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/jsc2026e007422orig.jpg?resize=300,400 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/jsc2026e007422orig.jpg?resize=450,600 450w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/jsc2026e007422orig.jpg?resize=675,900 675w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/jsc2026e007422orig.jpg?resize=899,1200 899w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/jsc2026e007422orig.jpg?resize=1499,2000 1499w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1535px) 100vw, 1535px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA\/Brendan Finnegan<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NASA astronaut Christina Koch and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen take off on a T-38 training flight from Ellington Field on Feb. 11, 2026, as a waning crescent Moon hovers above. Koch and Hansen, along with NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman and Victor Glover, are part of NASA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/artemis-ii\/\">Artemis II mission<\/a>, the first crewed flight of the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft. Artemis II will fly around the Moon and back to test Orion\u2019s systems and capabilities before returning the crew to a splashdown off the California coast.<\/p>\n<p>As part of a Golden Age of innovation and exploration, Artemis will pave the way for new U.S. crewed missions on the lunar surface in preparation to send the first astronauts to Mars.<\/p>\n<p><em>Image credit: NASA\/Brendan Finnegan<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA astronaut Christina Koch and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen take off on a T-38 training flight from Ellington Field on Feb. 11, 2026, as a waning crescent Moon hovers above. Koch and Hansen, along with NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman and Victor Glover, are part of NASA\u2019s Artemis II mission, the first crewed flight [\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":[15741,19657],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-373037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artemis-2","category-t-38-astronaut-trainer"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=373037"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373037\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":374556,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373037\/revisions\/374556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=373037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=373037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=373037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}