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Artemis II Crew Practices Full Launch Countdown at KSC

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The four Artemis II astronauts — Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen — practiced the full launch countdown procedure at Kennedy Space Center as part of final crew readiness preparations for the April 2026 launch target. This included suit-up, ingress drills, and communications checks in the Orion capsule atop the SLS rocket.