LIVE: NASA briefs media on Artemis II launch as SLS rocket prepares for historic rollout

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0 January 16, 2026 14:03

LIVE: NASA leaders and mission managers hold a pre-rollout news conference to discuss the status of the Artemis II mission and the upcoming move of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket to the launch pad.

Following the successful uncrewed Artemis I flight, Artemis II marks the first time humans will venture beyond low Earth orbit since the end of the Apollo program in 1972. The 10-day mission will carry a crew of four—Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen—on a high-speed trajectory around the Moon and back to Earth.

Read more: https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/37916331/nasa-astronauts-medical-emergency-iss-splashdown/

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