NASA continues to target Wednesday (April 1) for the launch of its Artemis 2 mission to fly astronauts around the moon, and says teams are tracking zero technical issues leading up to the liftoff window.
That Artemis 2 launch window opens on Wednesday at 6:24 p.m. EDT (2324 GMT) and extends for two hours. If the launch is delayed or scrubbed for any reason, there are more opportunities for liftoff through April 6. But still, NASA officials are voicing a high degree of confidence in the mission's chances of launching on the agency's massive Space Launch System (SLS) rocket on time. Notably, NASA completed a flight readiness review for the mission ahead of SLS' rollout to the pad on March 20, and has since flagged no issues or risk acceptances that need closing before clearing Artemis 2 to launch.
by coinfanking
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I’m genuinely excited for this. Hope they take lots of pretty pictures of the Moon
omg april 1st launch date?? i’m so excited to see humans going back to the moon but also lowkey wondering if this is some elaborate april fools joke lol.
its gonna be the biggest apri fools ever…. hopefully not
Still feels off to me that their first manned flight will be yeeting these guys all the way to the Moon.
I hope it all goes drama-free.
No they aren’t. This sham mission feels fishy af.
The moon has the opportunity to do the funniest thing and just not be there when they get up there
This might be the last launch of SLS. Unfortunately, this is not officially planned, but with the latest announcement, this rocket might finally get cancelled. There are no good technical reasons to keep this pork barrel flying.
I hope they have solved the ground servicing equipment issues and that there are no more hydrogen leaks scrubbing the mission.