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NASA runs dress-rehearsal countdown for 1st crewed moonshot in 50+ years
NASA is running a high‑stakes dress‑rehearsal countdown for Artemis II, the first mission to send astronauts toward the Moon in more than half a century. The two‑day test is a full simulation of launch day,
Four astronauts in training to fly around the moon early next year strapped into their Orion spacecraft this weekend for a dress rehearsal countdown in a major milestone toward launch. Based on repeated stops and starts seen on NASA's countdown clock, the ...
Already in quarantine to avoid germs, Commander Reid Wiseman and his crew will be the first people to launch to the moon since 1972. They will monitor the dress rehearsal from their Houston base before flying to Kennedy Space Center once the rocket is cleared for flight.