NASA is targeting March 6 to launch the Artemis II astronauts to the vicinity of the moon for the first time since 1972.
The four crew members are readying to enter quarantine later on Friday to prepare for the launch, the agency said.
NASA revealed the new launch target after successfully completing a major fueling test of the mission’s rocket on Thursday.
During the test, teams practiced loading ice-cold fuel into the rocket, conducting a launch countdown and safely removing the propellant at the
The Space Launch System rocket and the Orion spacecraft at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Feb. 1.
Photographer: MIGUEL J. RODRIGUEZ CARRILLO/AFP
NASA had previously set an early February target ...