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NASA says its Artemis 2 moon rocket is all fixed up. It could launch astronauts to the moon on April 1Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more!Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsorsSign up to our monthly entertainment newsletter to keep up with all our coverage of the latest sci-fi and space movies, tv shows, games and books.
Discover this week's must-see night sky events, moon phases, and stunning astrophotos. Sign up for our skywatching newsletter and explore the universe with us!Space.com's Sci-Fi Reader's Club. Read a sci-fi short story every month and join a virtual community of fellow science fiction fans!The sun rises behind NASA's Artemis 2 Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft as they sit waiting at Launch Complex 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, March 24, 2026.NASA's next moon rocket casts a striking silhouette against the rising sun in this photo taken just a week prior to the agency's impending Artemis 2 mission, currently scheduled for April 1.This photo shows the agency's Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft standing upright at the historic Launch Complex 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.on March 20 after being brought in to NASA's massive Vehicle Assembly Building for repairs. Mission teams have secured the rocket's mobile launcher to infrastructure at the pad, connected power and communications linkages and installed the crew'sNASA's Artemis 2 moon rocket arrives back at the launch pad"Our flight systems are ready, the ground systems are ready, our launch and operations teams are ready, and our flight operations team in Houston are also ready," Lori Glaze, acting associate administrator for NASA's Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate, The four Artemis 2 astronauts — NASA's Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen —launch on April 1 at 6:24 p.m. EDTBreaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more!Brett is curious about emerging aerospace technologies, alternative launch concepts, military space developments and uncrewed aircraft systems. Brett's work has appeared on Scientific American, The War Zone, Popular Science, the History Channel, Science Discovery and more. Brett has degrees from Clemson University and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. In his free time, Brett enjoys skywatching throughout the dark skies of the Appalachian mountains.Human SpaceflightSpace Movies & Shows
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