The Artemis 1 'wet dress rehearsal' will officially start this evening (June 18).
and back. If successful, NASA plans to have astronauts flying aboard the next two Artemis missions, with the space agency eyeing a lunar landing on Artemis 3 in 2025 or 2026.
The Artemis 1 stack has been standing at Pad 39B since June 6, after spending more than a month inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at KSC. NASA's first go at an Artemis 1 wet dress rehearsal took place at the beginning of April this year. Over several days, NASA technicians attempted but failed to fuel the rocket on three separate occasions.
In a call with reporters earlier this week, Charlie Blackwell-Thompson, Artemis launch director with the Exploration Ground Systems Program at KSC, said that the successful fueling of each stage will be a significant accomplishment."Provided that we get through those milestones, then we will go into our terminal count operations," Blackwell-Thompson said.
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