To the Moon! But first, to the desert 🌕
The Joint Extravehicular Activity and Human Surface Mobility Program Test Team (JETT) is a specialized group that develops, integrates, and executes analog tests that help enable
#Artemis missions.
JETT 5 was a fully integrated Artemis III mission with simulated moonwalks, advanced technology runs, a science evaluation room, and a flight control team. The week-long field test took place in the lunar-like landscape of the San Francisco Volcanic Field near Flagstaff, Arizona while a team of flight controllers and scientists at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston monitored and guided their activities. It was the fifth field test in the JETT integrated test plan series.
NASA Astronaut Jessica Watkins served as Ground IV, communicating directly with the astronauts during the simulated moonwalks.
NASA Astronaut Kate Rubins and Andre Douglas (Astro_Andred) served as crewmembers wearing mockup spacesuit systems, completing Artemis-rel...