NASA starts launch rehearsal for Artemis II mission to moon
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NASA has announced the final test before an Artemis II launch date. Here's what to expect from this weekend's wet dress rehearsal.
Already in quarantine to avoid germs, Commander Reid Wiseman and his crew will be the first people to launch to the moon since 1972. They will monitor the dress rehearsal from their Houston base before flying to Kennedy Space Center once the rocket is cleared for flight.
Space launches, especially crewed space launches, are planned to the very last detail. But there is one thing we can’t control: the weather. The wet rehearsal for the Space Launch System (SLS), the massive rocket of Artemis II,
NASA had planned to run its wet dress rehearsal for the Artemis II mission at Kennedy Space Center as early as Saturday, but on Friday it announced it was delaying that to Monday because of incoming cold weather,
NASA announced it is targeting a February launch for Artemis II, a 10-day crewed mission that will send astronauts around the Moon. The last time humans traveled that far from Earth was in 1972, during Apollo 17. The mission will not land on the lunar surface. Instead, it will carry a crew into deep space to orbit the Moon, including a journey arou...
The first crewed mission around the moon in more than 50 years is coming up. Here’s how to see it at sites in and around the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA will spend 2026 shooting for the moon, with its ambitious plans marking the first time humans will fly out of low-Earth orbit since 1972. The planned Artemis II launch is the ...
NASA is planning on rolling out the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft to the launch pad on Jan. 17 for a launch as soon as Feb. 6, Space.com is reporting. NASA’s Crawler-Transporter 2 vehicle will carry the SLS-Orion stack from the Vehicle ...
The Artemis II crew comprises NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen. They will fly in a
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NASA delays critical Artemis 2 rocket fueling test due to below-freezing temperatures, launch no earlier than Feb. 8
NASA has been forced to delay a critical fueling test for its Artemis 2 moon rocket due to unusually cold weather forecasted to hit the Space Coast this weekend.