WASHINGTON – The National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced Friday that it’s setting its sights on March 6 as the target date to send four crew members on a historic journey around the moon through its Artemis II program, after successfully completing a critical launch preparation test this week while warning that additional preparations might push back the timeline.
Space agency officials reported that they finished an extensive launch countdown simulation Thursday evening that lasted nearly 50 hours, during which they loaded the massive rocket with approximately 730,000 gallons of fuel without encountering the troublesome hydrogen leak issues that disrupted their first rehearsal attempt last month, according to statements made at a Friday press briefing.
