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Exploration Ground Systems (EGS), based at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, develops and operates the systems and facilities needed to process and launch rockets and spacecraft for NASA’s Artemis missions. EGS plays a primary role in assembly, launch, and recovery of rockets and spacecraft. EGS has helped transform Kennedy Space Center from a historically government-only launch complex to a spaceport that can handle several different kinds of spacecraft and rockets – both government and commercial.

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Jeremy Hansen

Mission specialist assigned to the Artemis II mission.

In this view looking up, the work platforms are being retracted from the Space Launch System rocket inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Launch Processing

EGS uses various facilities at Kennedy for spacecraft and launch vehicle processing, including the iconic Vehicle Assembly Building.

NASA's crawler-transporter 2 is photographed outside near the Vehicle Assembly Building at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

The Crawlers

Two behemoth machines called crawler-transporters have carried the load of taking rockets and spacecraft to the launch pad for more than 50 years at Kennedy.

Exploration Ground Systems’ mobile launcher makes its solo trek along the crawlerway. Seen in the foreground is the river rock used to make up the crawlerway.

Mobile Launcher

The mobile launcher is the ground structure used to assemble, process, and launch NASA's Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft.

An aerial view of Launch Complex 39B with the mobile launcher for the Artemis I mission on the pad.

Launch Pad 39B

EGS is preparing Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39B to support NASA's Artemis missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond.

U.S. Navy divers help recover the Orion spacecraft after it splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on Dec. 11, 2022.

Recovery Operations

The Landing and Recovery team led by EGS is responsible for safely recovering the Orion capsule and its crew following splashdown.

The Artemis I launch team sits inside Firing Room 1 of the Launch Control Center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Launch Control Center

The Rocco A. Petrone Launch Control Center and its firing rooms is a vital part of EGS's infrastructure needed to launch future Artemis missions.

A portrait of Shawn Quinn, newly selected manager of the Exploration Ground Systems.

Shawn Quinn

Shawn Quinn is the manager of NASA's Exploration Ground Systems Program at Kennedy.

Official photo of Jeremy Parsons with American flag in the background

Jeremy W. Parsons

Jeremy Parsons is the deputy manager of NASA's Exploration Ground Systems Program at Kennedy.

Official Portrait of Rob Yaskovic.

Robert A. Yaskovic

Robert A. Yaskovic is the associate manager of NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Program.

Charlie Blackwell-Thompson is the Artemis I launch director at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida

Charlie Blackwell-Thompson

Charlie Blackwell-Thompson serves as a launch director for NASA's Exploration Ground Systems Program.

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Scott B. Wilson

Scott B. Wilson serves in a cross-program role as manager of production operations for the Orion Program and of offline processing and infrastructure development for the Exploration Ground Systems Program.

Darrell R. Foster is the ground systems integration manager for Kennedy Space Center's Exploration Ground Systems Program

Darrell Foster

Darrell Foster is the ground systems integration manager (GSIM) with NASA's Exploration Ground Systems Program.

A portrait of Kennedy Space Center's Cliff Lanham.

Clifton Lanham

Cliff Lanham is the senior vehicle operations manager for NASA's Exploration Ground Systems Program.

Chad Brown

Chad Brown is the division chief for the Future Projects Office in the Exploration Ground Systems Program.

Melissa Jones is the Artemis I landing and recovery director for the Exploration Ground Systems program at Kennedy.

Melissa Jones

Melissa Jones currently serves as division chief of Operations and Team Management for the Exploration Ground Systems Program.

Anton Kiriwas is the senior technical integration manager for NASA's Exploration Ground Systems program at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Anton Kiriwas

Anton Kiriwas is the senior technical integration manager for NASA's Exploration Ground Systems Program.

Kennedy Space Center's Allison Mjoen is photographed with the Vehicle Assembly Building in the background.

Allison Mjoen

Allison Mjoen is an operations project engineer for NASA's Exploration Ground Systems Program.

Wes Mosedale

Wes Mosedale serves as the technical assistant to the Artemis I launch director.

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