NASA news conference ahead of Artemis II rollout & mission preview

Описание: Watch live as NASA hold a news conference ahead of the planned Artemis II rollout on Saturday.

NASA is targeting midday (GMT) to begin the move from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre in Florida.

NASA’s crawler-transporter 2 will carry the 11-million-pound stack at about one mile per hour along the four-mile route from the Vehicle Assembly Building to the launch pad.

This is ahead of the upcoming 10-day crewed test flight around the Moon - The first rocket to fly astronauts around the moon for the first time since 1972.

The following people will be speaking at the news conference:

🔴 John Honeycutt, Artemis II mission management team chair
🔴 Charlie Blackwell-Thompson, Artemis launch director, Exploration Ground Systems
🔴 Jeff Radigan, Artemis II lead flight director, Flight Operations Directorate
🔴 Lili Villarreal, landing and recovery director, Exploration Ground Systems
🔴 Jacob Bleacher, chief exploration scientist, Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate

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