NASA plans Wednesday launch to return to the moon
March 30, 2026
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1:09Now PlayingNASA plans Wednesday launch to return to the moon
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as posted by the channelNASA officials say preparations are going smoothly for a Wednesday launch attempt of the Artemis 2 mission, with the goal of sending astronauts around the moon for the first time since the 1970s.
The four-person crew is in quarantine at Kennedy Space Center, where a 322-foot-tall rocket is being readied at the launch pad. The crew includes a few firsts for a moon mission — the first person of color, the first woman and the first non-American — Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen.
Their journey is expected to last about 10 days, with the plan to loop around the moon before returning home.
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