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Countdown Underway for Long-Awaited Artemis II Moon Mission
The Artemis II mission will test NASA's Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft on a nearly 10-day flight, aiming to advance lunar exploration and future moon bases.
- On Monday, NASA officials initiated the two-day countdown for the Artemis II mission, which will send four astronauts around the moon to test the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft.
- NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya confirmed the team is in a "strong posture" after a mission management review, with "everything continues to look good" for the scheduled Wednesday launch.
- Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, Mission Specialist Christina Koch, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen will spend 10 days in space, traveling nearly 700,000 miles farther from Earth than any human before.
- Launch Director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson confirmed an 80% chance of favorable weather for the 6:24 p.m. EDT Wednesday liftoff, with engineers readying the 212-foot-tall rocket for its first crewed moon flight in more than 50 years.
- Backup launch windows from April 2 through 6 remain available should the initial attempt on Wednesday be scrubbed, as Artemis II has faced numerous delays this year due to rocket and capsule issues.
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Miami (USA), 30 Mar (EFE).- NASA started the countdown of Artemis II this Monday, a historic mission that will mark the return of astronauts to lunar orbit for the first time in more than half a century, and assured that the program is in “excellent form,” offering a positive part when it is only two days before launch. The countdown began today at 16:44 EST (21:44 GMT), marking the formal start of the final phase prior to launch, detailed in a …
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