SMRTR Science & EngineeringJan 27, 2026Scientific American

NASA to push ahead with ‘wet’ dress rehearsal for Artemis II moon mission

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NASA is conducting a "wet" dress rehearsal as early as Saturday for Artemis II, its first crewed moon mission in over 50 years, involving loading 700,000 gallons of cryogenic fuel into the rocket and simulating a countdown. If successful, the mission carrying four astronauts around the moon could launch in early February.

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