NASA’s Space Launch System moon rocket prepares for launch ahead of Artemis II at Launch Compex 39B at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on Jan. 30, 2026. T.J. Muscaro/The Epoch Times
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—The initial results of NASA’s second launch-day dress rehearsal of the Artemis II manned flight around the moon gave mission leaders the confidence to target March 6 as the earliest possible launch date.
The confirmation was given by Lori Glaze, manager of NASA’s Moon to Mars program, at a post-dress-rehearsal press conference at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center. She also confirmed that the Artemis II crew—NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman (commander), Victor Glover (pilot), and Christina Koch (mission specialist), and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen—would enter quarantine in Houston, Texas, on Feb. 20, in preparation for launch.
