I Am Artemis Katie Spicer

4 Min Read I Am Artemis Katie Spicer For Katie Spicer, embracing opportunity and challenge has led to giant leaps during her time at NASA. Now as the NASA lander integration lead for Blue Origin’s Blue Moon Mark 2 lander, one of the commercially provided human landing systems for NASA’s Artemis program, Spicer will have her handprint on history. NASA’s Katie Spicer stands in front of the crew cabin prototype for Blue Origin’s Blue Moon Mark 2 lunar lander. The lander is one of two commercial human landing systems that will help safely ferry astronauts from lunar orbit to the Moon’s surface and back for the agency’s crewed Artemis missions in 2028. NASA/Bill Strafford Spicer works in the Flight Operations Directorate at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, where she evaluates and monitors design and development of Blue Origin’s lander. The design of the Blue Moon lander is rapidly evolving as Blue Origin continues to develop a streamlined lander test article for the agency’s Artemis III rendezvous and docking mission in low Earth orbit as well as a fully functional lander for a crewed lunar landing in 2028. Spicer works closely with her NASA and Blue Origin counterparts to ensure the design of the Blue Moon lander can support the overall Artemis mission objectives.