The Artemis II crew arrived at Kennedy Space Center in Florida last Friday. Photo: Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/AFP via Getty
It's almost time for launch.
Why it matters: NASA's Artemis II, set to carry four astronauts around the moon on a 10-day mission, is the first crewed mission in the Artemis program and the first of its kind since Apollo.
The launch from Kennedy Space Center in Florida is set for no sooner than tomorrow evening at 5:24pm Central Time.
Zoom in: Following a 1pm news conference today, coverage from NASA starts tomorrow morning at 6:45am CT, with coverage of tanking operations, and continues at 12:50pm when the NASA+ coverage of the launch will start.
Throughout the mission, NASA will continually cover its progress on its YouTube channel, and update its mission blog throughout.
There's also a virtual tracker that will show the Orion spacecraft's location, to see how the mission is progressing.
The latest: As of Monday afternoon, the weather outlook for Wednesday's launch was 80% favorable, per NASA.
Following tomorrow night, NASA has identified two-hour launch windows every day through Monday, April 6, and again on Thursday, April 30.
