Artemis II is ready to launch at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Central Florida. Brevard County prepared for the exciting event on the Space Coast and released important information about the launch.
The countdown for NASA’s Artemis II test flight is underway at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Central Florida, with a targeted launch time of 6:24pm on Wednesday, April 1st. Artemis II is the first crewed launch of NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft.
The Artemis II test flight will take NASA astronauts Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen, on an approximately 10-day mission around the Moon and back to Earth. NASA’s Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft are at Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Central Florida. The mission is focused on human deep space capabilities, paving the way for future lunar surface missions.
Brevard County prepared the launch and warned the community to expect traffic delays and congestion locally, and issued a traffic flow map and important local information.
Artemis II builds on the success of the uncrewed Artemis I in 2022, and will demonstrate a broad range of capabilities needed on deep space missions. The Artemis II test flight will be NASA’s first mission with crew aboard the SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft.
NASA’s pad rescue and closeout crew teams have arrived at Launch Complex 39B at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center to ensure safety and readiness during the critical fueling operations. In a recent update, NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; Victor Glover, pilot; and Christina Koch, mission specialist; along with CSA astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist, were recently suiting up inside the Astronaut Crew Quarters of the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center before they headed to the spacecraft and boarded the space capsule.
Broadcast coverage begins with live views and audio commentary is available from NASA online.
