NASA to roll Artemis II rocket
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NASA is seeking proposals from launch providers to join the Launch Services II contract vehicle, which supports federal space missions.
NASA will host a news conference at 3 p.m. EDT on Thursday, March 12, at Kennedy Space Center to highlight progress toward the Artemis II mission, the first crewed flight of the Artemis program, which is intended to carry astronauts around the Moon.
The earliest the rocket will launch is April 1.
Update: NASA and SpaceX are now planning for the Dragon to undock at 9:05 a.m. PT (12:05 p.m. ET) Friday, May 23. The vehicle would then land at 10:45 p.m. PT Saturday, May 24 (1:45 a.m. ET Sunday, May 25) off the coast of California. A SpaceX vehicle that ...
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