Artemis II Wet Dress Rehearsal Shows More Work Is Needed

Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft on launcher against rising Moon

The Artemis II Moon mission will have to wait until at least March 6 following the results of a Jan. 31-Feb. 3 wet dress rehearsal at Kennedy Space Center.

Credit: John Kraus/NASA
Compared with the launch campaign ahead of NASA’s Space Launch System’s debut, the Jan. 31-Feb. 3 wet dress rehearsal for the rocket’s second flight was a promising start, with a full load of propellants aboard and being replenished in its core and upper stages. It took four wet dress rehearsal...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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