Artemis II Crew Preps for Moon Flight at Kennedy Space Center

NASA’s Artemis II crew—Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen—arrived at Kennedy Space Center to finalize preparations for an April 1 launch that would send them on a roughly 700,000‑mile crewed loop around the Moon and back; after hydrogen leaks and an upper‑stage pressurization issue delayed the mission, the SLS/Orion stack is on the pad with a launch window open through April 6, including a 24‑hour Earth‑orbit test before heading toward the Moon, with a Pacific splashdown near San Diego targeted for April 10 and future lunar landings planned for 2028.