NASA's Artemis II mission, the first crewed flight around the moon in more than 50 years, was on track last night for a launch tonight as engineers completed final preparations.
The Space Launch System rocket and Orion crew capsule at Kennedy Space Center's pad 39B were set to be fueled beginning around 7:34 a.m. this morning, with liftoff scheduled for 6:24 p.m. during a two-hour window. The four-person crew, Commander Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen, spent yesterday reviewing flight plans and getting ready. Engineers said they were not dealing with any significant technical problems and reported 80-percent favorable weather odds for the launch window.
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