Artemis II Rolled to Launch Pad Ahead of April Moon Mission
TL;DR
NASA will roll the Artemis II stack—from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center, a roughly four-mile trek that could take up to 12 hours, on March 19 in preparation for an April 1 liftoff (with backup windows through early April and into May). The four-astronaut crew—Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen—will fly a 10-day lunar mission, the first beyond low Earth orbit since Apollo 17 in 1972. Following a hydrogen-leak issue and a prior wet-dress rehearsal, NASA does not plan another WDR for this rollout. Live coverage is available via Space.com and NASA.
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