Artemis III Launch Simulation, Terminal Count Sim

Artemis Launch Director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson smiles for a photograph inside Firing Room 1 of the Rocco A. Petrone Launch Control Center at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, June 11, 2026, during a terminal countdown simulation for the Artemis III mission. The terminal count simulation conducted by NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems team runs through the final five hours of launch countdown, including terminal count - the remaining 10 minutes of the countdown. Artemis III will carry out a series of objectives in low Earth orbit designed to demonstrate critical systems needed for future lunar landings, beginning with Artemis IV.

Location: LCC