NASA has launched a two-day countdown rehearsal for its next lunar mission, aiming to send astronauts around the Moon for the first time since 1972. With fueling scheduled and the rocket on the launch pad,

NASA is planning to conduct a critical fueling test known as a wet dress rehearsal that will determine if Artemis 2 is on track to launch in Florida.

NASA has announced the final test before an Artemis II launch date. Here's what to expect from this weekend's wet dress rehearsal.

With the wet dress rehearsal, essentially a critical fueling test of the Artemis 2 Space Launch System moon rocket, now back on Feb. 2, NASA said in a statement that it can no longer target Feb. 6 or Feb. 7, the first two days of its launch window. The Artemis 2 launch window originally ran from Feb. 6 to Feb. 10.

NASA plans to launch the Crew-12 mission earlier than intended after a medical evacuation at the ISS. But could the Artemis 2 mission delay it?

NASA for the first time has announced launch windows for the first crewed spaceflight beyond Earth orbit in more than half a century. The space agency on Friday said it is making final preparations for the Artemis 2 mission, which will send four astronauts ...

The SLS wet dress rehearsal is the rocket's last major hurdle before launch.

NASA had planned to run its wet dress rehearsal for the Artemis II mission at Kennedy Space Center as early as Saturday, but it will have to thread the needle before temperatures drop below the

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 will roll a 322-foot-tall rocket out to the launchpad on Saturday, a key step as the agency prepares for a long-awaited mission to send four astronauts around the moon. The Space Launch System rocket, topped with the Orion capsule, which will carry ...

NASA is running a high‑stakes dress‑rehearsal countdown for Artemis II, the first mission to send astronauts toward the Moon in more than half a century. The two‑day test is a full simulation of launch day,