Purpose Entertainment held an Artemis gala on November 6, 2026, at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Merritt Island, Florida. Astronauts Randy Bresnik, Luca Parmitano, Russell “Rusty” Schweickart, Frank Rubio and Bob Hines took part.

According to NASA, the event marked the completion of Artemis II while looking ahead to future lunar surface missions under the Artemis programme. The agency also described it as one of the closing events of the United States’ 250th anniversary celebrations.