Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen — on a flight around the far side of the moon and back.
That means NASA and contractor ground teams will immediately begin preparing to roll the 322-foot-tall (98-meter) SLS rocket off of Launch Complex 39B and back to the VAB. The rocket and its mobile launch platform will ride NASA’s crawler-transporter for the 4-mile journey.
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Artemis II hits major milestone as NASA conducts full SLS fueling rehearsal
NASA is moving forward with preparations for the Artemis II mission, and the agency will soon provide live coverage of a major milestone. On Thursday, Feb. 19, NASA will broadcast its next wet dress rehearsal for the powerful Space Launch System rocket,
During the lead-up to NASA’s Artemis 1 mission back in 2022, recurring hydrogen leaks led to significant delays and a cancelled launch attempt. The agency had three years to address the underlying issues with the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket’s hardware,
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Artemis II: NASA powers up SLS rocket's core stage hours before second wet dress rehearsal
The rocket’s core stage will be loaded with more than 700,000 gallons of cryogenic fuel during the upcoming tanking phase.