US EditionNASA targets April 1 to launch astronauts around the moon
Artemis II will carry four astronauts on a 10-day lunar orbit mission to test life-support and spacecraft systems, advancing NASA’s plan for frequent moon missions, officials said.
- Following an FRR at Kennedy Space Center, NASA is targeting April 1 as its first launch opportunity for Artemis II, officials said during a March 12 briefing.
- Engineers found a helium-flow blockage and earlier cryogenic liquid hydrogen leaks that forced rollbacks and removed February and March launch windows.
- The Artemis II crew includes NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen on a 10-day mission about 4,700 miles beyond the far side of the moon.
- With a targeted April 1 window, NASA has listed backup launch dates April 2–6 and April 30, and plans to roll back the SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft next week with a two-week quarantine by mid next week.
- As part of the Artemis campaign, the flight will validate crewed SLS and Orion systems while a NASA Office of the Inspector General report warns of commercial lunar landers delays and unresolved crew survival analyses.
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Unanimous vote in key risk assessment has moon mission crew barreling toward a new launch date
NASA has finished a crucial step toward getting its Artemis II moon mission off the ground, and is now targeting early April to send four astronauts on an unprecedented path.
Moon Mission on Track for April 1 Launch: NASA
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—NASA leadership confirmed on March 12 that they were targeting 6:24 p.m. on April 1 as the newest, earliest opportunity for Artemis II, humanity’s first manned mission around the moon in more than 50 years. That decision to go was made after an extensive launch readiness review was conducted on the Space Launch System moon rocket and Orion spacecraft after it was brought back inside the Vehicle Assembly Building from the lau…
The US space agency NASA has given the green light for its lunar rocket with four astronauts to launch on its lunar orbit mission in April, after completing the final round of repairs.
Two launch dates had to pass "Artemis 2" due to technical problems. Now the manned mission could set off to the moon in early April.
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