Anne Wilson Performs National Anthem for NASA’s Artemis II Mission Launch

PLATINUM-certified, GRAMMY-nominated artist and songwriter Anne Wilson marked a career defining moment as she performed the national anthem for NASA’s launch of the Artemis II mission at Kennedy Space Center yesterday, April 1 NASA’s first crewed mission to the moon in more than 50 years. Over the course of the mission, four astronauts will travel on a near 10-day journey around the moon, venturing farther from Earth and closer to the Moon than any human has in over half a century. Watch Wilson’s performance here.

For Wilson, the moment represents a full-circle milestone. A lifelong fascination with space once shaped her earliest dreams, but after the loss of her brother Jacob, those dreams took a different path ultimately leading her to music and a purpose rooted in faith, healing and storytelling.

“What an incredible honor it was to sing the national[…]