NASA astronaut Drew Feustel and SLS (Space Launch System) employees from Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, interact with racegoers during the Miami Grand Prix race weekend May 6-8.
NASA astronaut Drew Feustel and SLS (Space Launch System) employees from Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, interact with racegoers during the Miami Grand Prix race weekend May 6-8. Feustel is a veteran of three spaceflights, including the final servicing mission of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. The avid auto racing fan is a nine-time spacewalker and has logged 226 days in space throughout his career. Students and members of the public were invited to walk through the exhibit area to learn more about Artemis throughout race weekend. While there, NASA discussed the physics behind the SLS rocket that will power the Artemis missions to the Moon in comparison to the world-famous racecars.
With Artemis, NASA will land the first woman and the first person of color on the lunar surface and establish long-term exploration and science capabilities at the Moon in preparation for human missions to Mars. SLS and NASA’s Orion spacecraft, along with the human landing system and the Gateway in orbit around the Moon, are NASA’s foundation for deep space exploration.
Corinne Edmiston
Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala.
256.544.0034
corinne.m.edmiston@nasa.gov