NASA to launch historic Artemis II moon mission on 6 Mar.
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NASA wrapped up its latest Artemis II wet dress rehearsal Thursday night at 10:16 p.m. EST, ending the countdown as planned at T-29 seconds.
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What is the NASA Artemis program?
NASA said Tuesday that it has postponed the second mission of its Artemis program, pushing the highly anticipated launch from Feb. 8 into March. During a wet dress rehearsal of the rocket-towering system at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral,
Soon, four astronauts will launch on a mission to the vicinity of the Moon for the first time in over 50 years. The mission, called Artemis II, is the second mission — and first crewed mission — of NASA’s Artemis program.
NASA's Artemis II crewed mission to the moon shows how U.S. space strategy has changed since Apollo -- and contrasts with China's closed program.
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