NASA astronaut and Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman was seen in a two-seat IndyCar as he prepared for driver Conor Daly to take him on a lap ahead of the start of the Freedom 250 Grand Prix, according to a NASA image report published Aug. 24, 2026. The lap was planned for Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026, in Washington, D.C.

The photograph is credited to NASA's Joel Kowsky. A NASA web team produced the one-minute image article, which presents the moment without additional commentary on the race itself.

The report identifies Wiseman by his role as commander of Artemis II, but gives no details about the mission's schedule or the outcome of the lap, leaving those matters outside the scope of the image account.