"I am comfortable and the agency is comfortable with targeting April 1 as our first opportunity. As always, we'll always be guided by what the hardware is telling us, and we will launch when we're ready."
"Artemis II will carry four astronauts—NASA's Christina Koch, Reid Wiseman, and Victor Glover and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen—on a record-breaking journey around the moon. Lofted to space by the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, NASA's Orion capsule will take those astronauts farther from Earth than any humans have gone before."
"If you look at the data over time, over the lifespan of just building new rockets, right, the data would show you that one out of two is successful. You're only successful 50 percent of the time. I think we're in a much better position than that."
NASA aims to launch Artemis II as early as April 1, following multiple delays including a recent safety issue with the Space Launch System rocket. The mission will carry NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Reid Wiseman, and Victor Glover, along with Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen, on a journey farther from Earth than any humans have previously traveled. The Orion capsule will be propelled by NASA's SLS rocket. Agency officials prioritize astronaut safety in all decisions, with the launch date remaining flexible based on spacecraft readiness. Mission Management Team chair John Honeycutt noted that historically, new rockets succeed approximately 50 percent of the time, though NASA believes its current position is stronger.
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