{"id":800811,"date":"2026-02-20T13:42:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T18:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=800811"},"modified":"2026-02-20T13:42:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T18:42:29","slug":"nasa-eyes-march-6-for-artemis-ii-moon-launch-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=800811","title":{"rendered":"NASA eyes March 6 for Artemis II moon launch : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"


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NASA could launch four astronauts on a mission to fly around the moon as soon as March 6th.<\/p>\n

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That’s the launch date that the space agency is now working towards following a successful test fueling of its big, 322-foot-tall moon rocket, which is standing on a launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.<\/p>\n

“This is really getting real,” says Lori Glaze, acting associate administrator of NASA’s exploration systems development mission directorate. “It’s time to get serious and start getting excited.”<\/p>\n

But she cautioned that there’s still some pending work that remains to be done out at the launch pad, and officials will have to conduct a multi-day flight readiness review late next week to make sure that every aspect of the mission is truly ready to go.<\/p>\n