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NASA Eyes Early April For Crewed Artemis II Lunar Flight Test

Orion at Kennedy Space Center

After a rollback to its hangar for a repair and servicing, NASA is aiming to launch Artemis II in April.

Credit: John Kraus/NASA
A second campaign to launch four astronauts on a flight test around the Moon is underway at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center amid changes to follow-on missions and a warning of steep technical challenges ahead for lunar lander service providers SpaceX and Blue Origin. NASA had hoped the second mission of...
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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