Such "countdown demonstration tests" have traditionally taken place shortly before launch with the rocket and crew ship ...

A major step toward launch day is complete as NASA's Artemis II astronauts ran through a countdown demonstration test.

If all goes according to NASA’s plans, 2026 will finally be the year that astronauts once again launch to the moon.

Artemis 2 astronauts strap into Orion spacecraft as agency eyes early 2026 launch for historic lunar flyby - Anadolu Ajansı ...

The dress rehearsal for NASA's Artemis II launch will help prepare the astronauts for the real launch date, which is planned for no earlier than February.

Over the weekend, NASA conducted a dress rehearsal for its scheduled February launch date of its Artemis 2 mission to the Moon.

NASA's Artemis II Orion spacecraft with its launch abort system is stacked atop the agency's SLS (Space Launch System) rocket ...

NASA’s Artemis II crew boarded the Orion spacecraft on December 20, 2025, for a countdown demonstration test, rehearsing launch-day procedures at Kennedy Space Center’s Vehicle Assembly Building.

Artemis II will send astronauts around the moon in February-April 2026, marking NASA’s first crewed lunar mission in 53 years ...

On Dec. 20, the crew of NASA's Artemis II, who will fly around the moon, ran through launch day operations as part of the ...

Artemis 2 is the second scheduled flight of NASA's Artemis program and the first to fly astronauts aboard the Space Launch ...

NASA conducted a full-scale static test fire of the Booster Obsolescence and Life Extension (BOLE) solid rocket motor - part ...