# @nasaartemis on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DSnM2JOD7q-
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- **Posted:** 2025-12-23T16:22:29.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA Artemis (@nasaartemis) — https://gondola.cc/nasaartemis

## Caption

Practice, practice, practice!

This weekend, teams completed the Countdown Demonstration Test for Artemis II. Launch controllers and the flight crew practiced timelines, procedures, and communications to prepare for launch day.

Image descriptions: 

1. From right to left, NASAAstronauts Astro_Reid, AstroVicGlover, Astro_Christina, and CanadianSpaceAgency astronaut AstroJeremy, are seen as they depart NASAKennedy's Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building on Dec. 20, 2025. Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani

2. Astro_Christina undergoes spacesuit checks inside the crew quarters suit-up room in the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building part of the Artemis II Countdown Demonstration Test. Credit: NASA/Glenn Benson

3. Bill Owens of the Closeout Crew leads the Artemis II astronauts from the elevator at the 275-foot level of the mobile launcher to the crew access arm as they prepare to board their Orion spacecraft on top of NASA’s Space Launch System rocket inside the Vehicle Assembly Building. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky

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moonbound, rocket, astronauts, moon, artemis

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