Coverage of the launch can be seen on Space Coast Daily TV
The launch attempt scheduled for Wednesday, April 1, though the target date remains dependent on the completion of remaining technical work and final checkouts. (NASA Image)
BREVARD COUNTY • CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA – NASA has completed a major milestone for its next crewed lunar mission, clearing the way for final launch preparations.
Officials announced that the agency successfully concluded the Artemis II Flight Readiness Review on Thursday, March 12, with mission teams polling “go” to proceed toward launch preparations.
As part of the next step in the process, NASA is targeting Thursday, March 19, to roll the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The launch attempt scheduled for Wednesday, April 1, though the target date remains dependent on the completion of remaining technical work and final checkouts.
If schedules hold, the upcoming rollout and launch attempt will bring NASA one step closer to the next era of human exploration beyond Earth orbit.
Artemis II will mark the first crewed flight of NASA’s Artemis program and will send astronauts on a mission around the Moon to test critical systems before future lunar landings.
The mission will use the Space Launch System, NASA’s most powerful rocket ever built, along with the Orion spacecraft, designed to carry astronauts deeper into space than any spacecraft built for human flight.
The Artemis program is designed to return humans to the Moon and establish a long-term presence there as a stepping stone for future missions to Mars.
If schedules hold, the upcoming rollout and launch attempt will bring NASA one step closer to the next era of human exploration beyond Earth orbit.
The launch attempt scheduled for Wednesday, April 1, though the target date remains dependent on the completion of remaining technical work and final checkouts.