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NASA to hold press conference on Artemis 2 rollout NASA’s Artemis II Rollout and Mission Overview News Conference - YouTube Watch On Hello, Space Fans! NASA is one day away from its historic rollout of the Artemis 2 rocket that will carry four astronauts to the moon for the first time in over 50 years.
The Artemis 2 rocket, NASA's second Space Launch System booster, is currently scheduled to head out to Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Saturday, Jan. 17, at 7 a.m. EST . It should take several hours for the towering 322-foot rocket to reach the launch pad.Space.com's Josh Dinner is on the scene at Kennedy Space Center for the Artemis 2 rollout, and will share insights on what the view is like there.But first, NASA will hold a press conference today at 12 p.m. EST to discuss the Artemis 2 rollout, plans for the Feb. 6 launch of the 10-day mission around the moon.You can watch that press conference live in the window above.
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