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When Will Artemis II Launch? Favorable Weather for April 1 Historic Moon Mission
NASA plans to launch Artemis II with a four-person crew on a 10-day lunar orbit test flight, targeting April 1 with an 80% chance of favorable weather, officials said.
- On Wednesday, April 1, at 6:24 p.m., NASA plans to launch the Artemis II mission from Kennedy Space Center, marking the first crewed flight around the moon since the Apollo program in 1972.
- The four-person crew includes NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen, who will conduct a 10-day test flight to verify Orion spacecraft systems.
- Space Force meteorologists project 80% favorable weather conditions for the launch, with mission managers confirming preparations are proceeding smoothly following recent repairs to the Space Launch System rocket.
- Traveling more than 230,000 miles from Earth, the mission will set a record for the farthest distance a human has ever traveled while proving Orion's life-support and piloting hardware.
- NASA aims to establish a permanent lunar presence, though the program faces challenges including incomplete landing hardware and a $93 billion cost, as officials push to speed up development with SpaceX and Blue Origin.
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