With NASA's moon rocket testing complete a summer Artemis-1 launch is within reach

A view from the crewler-way of the massive Artemis I Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft at Launch Pad 39B after rolling out from the Vehicle Assembly Building for a second time at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 6, 2022. (Pho A late-summer test launch for NASA's mega moon rocket is still a possibility, space agency leaders said after declaring the final critical test of the Space Launch System rocket complete.On Monday, NASA conducted a wet dress rehearsal of the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft at Kennedy Space Center launchpad 39B.

It was the fourth attempt to fuel the rocket with 750,000 gallons of super-cold fuel and run through the countdown as a dress rehearsal for the actual Artemis-1 test launch later this year.HOW TO WATCH FOX WEATHER ON TVAfter reviewing the data from the rehearsal, NASA declared the testing campaign complete.

In early July, the SLS and Orion spacecraft will be rolled back to the Vehicle Assembly Building, where teams will prepare the 32-story vehicle for launch. "We still believe that we're at the end of the August timeframe, that that's still on the table," NASA deputy associate administrator of the Exploration Systems Development Division Tom Whitmeyer said.NASA, SpaceX Crew-4 astronauts successfully launched on a falcon 9 rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, FL for the fifth crewed flight to the ISS with NASA's commercial crew program.

Crew-3 astronauts will pass the torch to them before returning to earth. According to SpaceX, the crew will conduct more than 200 science experiments to prepare for further human exploration.After work is complete on the SLS back in the rocket hangar, Whitmeyer said NASA's senior leader would set a.