NASA’s Artemis 1 moon rocket is almost ready for its second wet dress rehearsal

Today, NASA is returning the Artemis 1 spacecraft to the launch site after its tests were postponed for minor repairs. The Space Launch System rocket is now ready for a test to reproduce the countdown procedure at launch. NASA experts have already rolled the rocket out of the NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida and transported it to the launch site, four miles. It took approximately eight to 12 hours for NASA to transport spacecraft to the launch site. NASA is partially broadcasting the event on YouTube.

The rocket was moved at night to avoid the unfavorable hot and humid weather that prevails in Florida. When Artemis 1 is at 39B, NASA will begin a "wet dress rehearsal." If there are no other problems this time, it will start on June 19 and last for two days. The main launch of the rocket should take place later this year, no earlier than June 26. Artemis 1 was first tested on April 1. Already on April 14, NASA had to test a modified version of the spacecraft - but then the technicians found a leak of hydrogen in the rocket launch tower and the test had to be postponed.