NASA, Artemis and wet dress
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NASA has announced the final test before an Artemis II launch date. Here's what to expect from this weekend's wet dress rehearsal.
The agency has bumped up the wet dress rehearsal to increase its chances of launching within the February window, but could an Arctic blast interfere?
NASA has begun a two-day practice countdown for its first moonshot with astronauts in 53 years. The dress rehearsal that started Saturday night will culminate with the fueling of the space agency's new moon rocket.
NASA has delayed an important test for the upcoming Artemis 2 moon mission. The wet dress rehearsal for the Space Launch System was supposed to start Thursday, with the beginning of a 49-hour simulated launch countdown starting about 8 p.m. ET, Friday, according to Space.com.
NASA just pushed back the Artemis 2 wet dress rehearsal until Monday.
"Flying the airplane is exciting, but that engineering is really exciting as well,” said Larson. The goal of the X-59's mission is to fly supersonic, or faster than the speed of sound, without generating loud sonic booms.