Artemis Two: NASA's Moon Mission Launch in April

0:00It's March 12th. Let's get into the latest global headlines. NASA is gearing up for the Artemis II mission launch in early April. This fight will send astronauts around the moon for the first time in more than 50 years, a big step in returning humans to deep space. A helium leak pushed back the original March target, sending the rocket back to the assembly building in Cape Canaveral for repairs. Officials now say the issue is resolved, with plans to move it to the launch pad on March 19th, and aim for liftoff as early as April 1st. The four-person crew features American astronauts, Reed Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, plus Canadian Jeremy Hansen. They will pioneer NASA's huge space launch system rocket in a Ryan capsule on a 10-day trip, circling the moon's hidden far side. Leaders at a recent briefing openly discussed the high stakes, pointing out that new rockets exceed only about half the time historically. Still, they highlighted robust safety measures and decided to skip another full fuel-up test at the pad. Work continues on final checks in the

1:04building and at the site, always driven by the hardware itself. Pass heat shield troubles delay things by two years after the uncrew test, so the team is locked in on April while eyeing a hard deadline by late. April 20th, 26th. DNN is sponsored by our partner, check out the episode description. If earbuds fall out when you sleep, this is for you, a pillow with built-in sound, S-O-L-I, solelypillow.com.