NASA has announced a new target date for the highly anticipated Artemis II crewed mission to the moon: April 1.
It may be on April Fools’ Day, but the space agency is deadly serious about finally getting its massive SLS (Space Launch System) rocket, Orion spacecraft, and four astronauts airborne in what will be the first crewed lunar-bound flight since the final Apollo mission in 1972.
The upcoming mission will take the crew around the moon rather than landing on its surface, with the first lunar landing of the Artemis era currently targeted for 2028.
NASA shared the new target launch date at a press conference on Thursday. It said that following the Artemis II Flight Readiness Review, the launch team had “polled ‘go’ to proceed toward launch.”
All being well, the team will roll the SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft to pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in
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