NASA will announce its new astronaut class next month, and you’ll be able to watch the unveiling live.
The 2025 class of NASA astronaut candidates will be announced Sept. 22 during a livestreamed event at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston that begins at 12:30 p.m. EDT (1630 GMT; 11:30 a.m. local time in Houston).
You can catch coverage of the event on NASA+, Netflix, Amazon Prime, NASA’s YouTube channel, and the agency’s X account. Space.com will also simulcast the event, if NASA makes its stream available.
The selectees were narrowed down from a field of 8,000 applicants. The new astronaut candidates will next undergo roughly two years of training at NASA before being certified as full astronauts, eligible for future missions.
NASA also plans to host several media briefings on Sept. 23 and Sept. 24 to discuss the Artemis 2 mission that will send four astronauts around the moon no earlier than April 2026. These events will stream live on NASA’s YouTube channel and X account (as well as at Space.com, if possible).
On board Artemis 2 will be NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman (commander), Victor Glover (pilot) and Christina Koch (mission specialist), and Canadian Space Agency astronaut and mission specialist Jeremy Hansen. Glover will be the first Black astronaut ever to fly a moon mission, while Koch will be the first woman and Hansen the first non-American.
Here are the scheduled briefings for Artemis 2:
Tuesday, Sept. 23:
11 a.m. EDT (10 a.m. local time, 1500 GMT): Mission overview briefing with the following participants
- Lakiesha Hawkins, acting deputy associate administrator, Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters
- Charlie Blackwell-Thompson, Artemis launch director, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida
- Judd Frieling, lead Artemis 2 ascent flight director, NASA Johnson
- Jeff Radigan, lead Artemis 2 flight director, NASA Johnson
- Rick Henfling, lead Artemis 2 entry flight director, NASA Johnson
- Daniel Florez, test director, Exploration Ground Systems, NASA Kennedy
1 p.m. EDT (12 p.m. local time, 1700 GMT): Artemis 2 science and technology briefing with the following participants:
- Matt Ramsey, Artemis 2 mission manager, NASA Headquarters
- Debbie Korth, deputy Orion Program manager, NASA Johnson
- Jacob Bleacher, manager, Science, Technology Utilization, and Integration, Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters
- Mark Clampin, acting deputy associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters
Wednesday, Sept. 24
10 a.m. EDT (12 p.m. local time, 1400 GMT): Artemis 2 crew news conference featuring:
- Reid Wiseman, commander
- Victor Glover, pilot
- Christina Koch, mission specialist
- Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist
