NASA Artemis 2 launch date confirmed
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Artemis II could send humans near the moon for the 1st time since 1972 and crowds are expected to flood the Space Coast to bear witness.
The next Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, potentially heading for the moon on Wednesday for the Artemis II mission, will be the most powerful operational rocket ever to launch by far, on par with the Artemis I launch in 2022.
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Trip to the moon: How meteorologists determine go/no-go for Wednesday's Artemis II launch attempt
The Artemis II mission, which will carry the next man and the first woman, North Carolina native Christina Koch, back to the Moon, is scheduled to launch no earlier than 6:24 p.m. on Wednesday, April 1.
The Artemis II astronauts arrived to Kennedy Space Center on Friday with a chance to launch as early as next Wednesday.
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