NASA ready for another shot at Artemis II moon mission with possible April 1 launch

NASA's huge Space Launch System rocket has been repaired and is ready for rollout back to the launch pad next week.

NASA targets April 1 to launch astronauts around the moon

The Artemis II mission will be the first on which this NASA rocket and capsule carry people. The crew will be the first to travel to the moon in more than 50 years.

NASA targets Artemis II crewed moon mission for April 1 launch

A six-day launch window opens on April 1 from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The lunar orbital mission would be the first time humans have returned to the moon since Apollo 17 in 1972.

NASA is so dead set on an April moon launch, it won't talk backup dates

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NASA Says Artemis II Moon Launch Is On Track for April 1

After postponing launch opportunities in February and March, the agency determined that four astronauts could proceed toward the first crewed lunar journey in more than 50 years.
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NASA says its Artemis 2 moon rocket is all fixed up. It could launch astronauts to the moon on April 1

As its name suggests, Artemis 2 will be the second mission of NASA's Artemis program — but it's the first to fly a crew aboard Orion. An uncrewed Orion capsule launched on Artemis 1 in November 2022 ...
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NASA clears its Artemis moon rocket for an April launch with four astronauts following repairs

Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. NASA cleared its moon rocket on Thursday for an ...
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MONGIL: STAR DIVE launches April 15 for PC, iOS, and Android, later for PS5 and Xbox Series

STAR DIVE will launch for PC via the official launcher and Epic Games Store, iOS, and Android on April 15, followed by PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series at a later date, publisher ...

Space Jam: NASA’s MADCAP Team Directs Traffic at the Moon

A “red alert” involving the private Blue Ghost mission in lunar orbit a year ago highlights a growing number of incidents above Earth’s neighbor.
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Will Artemis 2 launch toward the moon next month? Watch NASA's mission update today

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From Cabbages to Countdowns: NASA Marks 100 Years of Modern Rocketry

Snow covered the ground that Tuesday morning 100 years ago, when a college professor and his wife took a morning drive to the family farm a few miles south in Auburn, Massachusetts. Along for the ride ...
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Poor weather forces NASA to push Crew-12 launch

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — On Monday morning, NASA announced that Crew-12 mission managers made the decision to delay the launch to Thursday, due to unfavorable weather conditions. Originally, NASA’s ...