Kansas Engineer Erik Stalcup Launches Artemis Two

0:00A Kansas engineer named Eric Stalkup is making ways with NASA's Artemis II mission, the first crew deep space flight in over 50 years. The four-person crew three Americans and one Canadian lifts off Wednesday at 5.24pm, central from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. They'll loop around the moon for 10 days aboard the Orion spacecraft before splashing back to Earth. Eric works in NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, handling the passive thermal control for Orion's European service module, that's the part. Keeping everything from freezing or frying during the trip. Home town folks in Wellington, Kansas are hyped about their guy, a Kansas State physics grad from 2010 and Case Western Masters Holder. From 2015, groups like Ad Astra, Kansas are celebrating his role in pushing space boundaries. Eric's heading to Cape Canaveral for the launch, then straight to Houston's mission control for around the clock shifts with the engineering crew. Calling it stressful but fun, in that high stakes vibe.

1:00Catch the action live on NASA's YouTube, Amazon Prime, or NASA Plus, with backup windows through Thursday evening. Kansas even has a watch party Friday, packed with mission swag and STEM fun to keep the momentum rolling. From your city, powered by AI, this is Kansas News Today, I'm Corey with The Story.