On January 17, 2026, NASA’s Artemis II SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft arrived at Launch Pad 39B after a nearly 12-hour, 4-mile crawl from the Vehicle Assembly Building. The rocket is set to undergo a critical “wet dress rehearsal”—fueled countdown and propellant drainage testing—targeted for February 2. This test simulates launch procedures for the first crewed Artemis mission, sending astronauts on a 10-day lunar orbit.
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