INDIANAPOLIS (Friday, Aug. 21, 2026) – Reid Wiseman, who served as commander of NASA’s Artemis II mission that captivated the world in April 2026, will ride in the Fastest Seat in Sports at the Freedom 250 Grand Prix of Washington, D.C., on Sunday, Aug. 23.
The Freedom 250 Grand Prix is the first‑ever auto race held on the National Mall and the historic city streets of Washington D.C., celebrating the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The landmark weekend offers unprecedented access to the NTT INDYCAR SERIES framed by America’s most iconic symbols of democracy, freedom and unity.
Wiseman, a native of Baltimore, is a 27-year Navy veteran, pilot, father and engineer who was selected as an astronaut by NASA in 2009. He and fellow NASA astronauts Victor Glover and Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen completed a 10-day test flight around the moon and back aboard the Orion spacecraft after lifting off April 1 in the Artemis II Space Launch System rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida…