Artemis 2 readies for a crewed lunar flyby on April 1

NASA is targeting April 1 to launch Artemis 2, a four‑astronaut mission (Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, Jeremy Hansen) aboard the Space Launch System and Orion for a roughly 10‑day loop around the Moon; it would be the first crewed flight beyond low Earth orbit since Apollo 17. After fixing issues from a liquid hydrogen leak and a helium‑flow interruption, the Artemis 2 stack is on Launch Complex 39B at Kennedy Space Center. If April 1 slips, additional windows run through April 6, with a possible option on April 30, as NASA remains focused on an April liftoff.