The Artemis II team is now focused on activities at the launch pad. This week, NASA plans to perform a series of tests extending and retracting the crew access mark. Next, the Artemis II astronauts will rehearse an emergency evacuation from the launch pad. That will be followed by servicing of the rocket’s hydraulic steering system.

NASA’s Artemis II will carry astronauts around the Moon in February, but millions worldwide can also join the journey, sending their names aboard the spacecraft for a historic lunar flyby.

On Saturday, Jan. 17 at 7 a.m., NASA will conduct a rollout mission – transporting an 11-million-pound stack four miles from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Station. The journey will take up to 12 hours, NASA said.

NASA moved its Space Launch System rocket to the launch pad to get set for sending humans around the moon for the first time since 1972.

NASA’s Artemis II rocket will roll out Saturday, beginning a slow journey to the launch pad ahead of testing and the first crewed lunar mission.

NASA’s upcoming Artemis II flight will be the first crewed lunar mission in over 50 years, but it will not land on the moon. Here’s why.