Artemis 2 moon rocket rolls back to launch pad

If NASA can't launch on April 2, there are other opportunities throughout the month. The agency is eyeing another launch window that opens in May, but has yet to announce any potential dates past April.

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NASA says its Artemis 2 moon rocket is all fixed up. It could launch astronauts to the moon on April 1

Rollout to the launch pad is scheduled for March 19.

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SpaceX is 'about 4 weeks' away from launching its most powerful Starship yet, Elon Musk says

The company has been prepping "Version 3" of Starship for a while now, and is targeting early April for the rocket's debut test launch, which will be the 12th overall for the Starship program. "Starship V3 first flight in about 4 weeks," Musk said in a March 7 post on X.

The V3 upgrade makes significant changes to Starship's Super Heavy booster and Ship upper stage. Both are slightly taller than their predecessors and produce stronger, more efficient thrust using SpaceX's upgraded Raptor 3 rocket engine. Previous Starship iterations were already the biggest and most powerful rockets ever to launch, and V3 will continue to up the ante.

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SpaceX engineers tested Ship 39's propellant system

The testing is a vital step on the road toward Flight 12, which will mark the first time that Ship 39 will take to the skies. By passing this series of tests, Ship 39 has validated its redesigned propellant system and the other upgrades that are part of the next generation of Starship.

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NASA's Artemis 2 moon rocket has a problem and it's leaving the launch pad

it's facing a monthlong delay or more.

The next window features target launch dates of April 1, April 3-6 and April 30.

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SpaceX Dragon arrives for Crew-12 launch

SpaceX moved the mission's launch up from Feb. 15 to Feb. 11, to more quickly relieve the skeleton crew of three astronauts currently aboard the ISS due to the recent medical evacuation.
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NASA was forced to end a critical fueling test of its giant Artemis 2 rocket early in the wee hours of Tuesday, delaying its mission to launch astronauts around the moon by at least a month.

Tanking operations began smoothly yesterday (Feb. 2) after mission managers polled "go" to begin procedures, but hydrogen leaks detected at the SLS tail service mast umbilical quick disconnect on the launch platform put technicians into a troubleshooting mode most of the afternoon.

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NASA delays critical Artemis 2 rocket fueling test due to below-freezing temperatures, launch no earlier than Feb. 8

NASA has been forced to delay a critical fueling test for its Artemis 2 moon rocket due to unusually cold weather forecasted to hit the Space Coast this weekend.

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NASA's Artemis 2 moon rocket is on the launch pad. What's next?

Artemis 2 is at the launch pad, but several big tests must be performed before it launches as soon as Feb. 6.

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NASA rolls Artemis 2 rocket to the pad ahead of historic moon launch

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The rocket that will launch the next humans to the moon is rolling to the pad for its historic mission, which could lift off just a few weeks from now.

NASA is targeting Feb. 2 for the wet dress rehearsal. Feb. 6 is the earliest possible launch day for Artemis 2, which will fly NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen aboard the Orion spacecraft on a roughly 10-day mission around the moon.

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Splashdown! NASA's SpaceX Crew-11 back on Earth after 1st-ever ISS medical evacuation
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SpaceX launches NASA's Pandora exoplanet mission, 3 dozen other satellites (video)

Pandora will study the atmospheres of at least 20 exoplanets during its yearlong mission.

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NASA may be 1 month away from historic Artemis 2 astronaut launch around the moon

Artemis 2, the first crewed mission of NASA's Artemis program, could launch as soon as Feb. 6. The mission will fly NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen on the first trip to lunar space in more than half a century, and will pave the way for what NASA intends to be an eventual permanent human presence on the moon.

NASA's Curiosity rover sends stunning new panorama from high on Mars' Mount Sharp

The image was captured in November 2025, showing how lighting changes throughout the day on Mars.

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