NASA to update Artemis 2 rocket launch date. Time, how to watch
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An update is coming today on NASA's Artemis 2 lunar mission to launch four astronauts on a historic journey around the moon.
An update is coming today on NASA's Artemis 2 lunar mission to launch four astronauts on a historic journey around the moon.
NASA has been working for weeks to get its towering lunar rocket off the ground in Florida on the second mission under the U.S. space agency's multibillion-dollar program to return humans to the surface of the moon. That mission doesn't include plans for a landing quite yet, but will instead propel three Americans and one Canadian on a voyage that would take them to see parts of the far side of the moon that not even Apollo astronauts witnessed.
Now, amid ongoing repairs to NASA's Space Launch System rocket designed specifically for the Artemis lunar program, agency officials are preparing to update the public on just where things stand following a series of delays.
Here's how to watch the upcoming news conference, as well as the latest on the Artemis moon missions.
NASA officials will provide an update on the Artemis 2 moon mission, now projected to launch as early as April 1, during a March 12 news conference. The briefing, scheduled for 3 p.m. ET, will take place following the conclusion of a flight readiness review in which officials assess a variety of factors, including the status of the lunar rocket, before setting a target launch date.
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