Artemis III Launch Simulation, Terminal Count Sim

Artemis Launch Director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson delivers a speech on Thursday, June 11, 2026, about the retirement of NASA Test Director Jeff Spaulding inside Firing Room 1 of the Rocco A. Petrone Launch Control Center at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Spaulding began his career at NASA in 1987 as a NASA operations engineer overseeing orbiter processing activities for seven shuttle missions. He later went on to lead the Artemis II launch team during planning, scheduling, and execution on Artemis II on April 1, 2026.

Location: LCC