Near-freezing Florida weather cancels a fueling test, shifting Artemis to Feb. 8 as NASA protects Orion and a tight launch window.

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NASA officials have outlined possible Cape Canaveral launch timing scenarios for the Artemis II moon astronauts and the ISS-bound Crew-12 astronauts.

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NASA has once again pushed back the schedule for sending astronauts toward the moon, delaying the Artemis II mission that was meant to mark humanity’s first crewed lunar voyage since Apollo. The slip,

However, NASA has not yet chosen an official launch date, and will not do so until the Artemis II stack passes its Wet Dress Rehearsal, with a simulated T0 that had been set for Saturday, Jan. 31 at 9:00 PM EST (02:00 UTC) but is now delayed until Monday, Feb. 2 at 9:00 PM EST (02:00 UTC Tuesday Feb. 3).

Before NASA can decide a rocket launch date for Artemis 2, the giant SLS rocket has to ace a critical fueling test known as a wet dress rehearsal.

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,