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NASA runs dress-rehearsal countdown for 1st crewed moonshot in 50+ years
NASA is running a high‑stakes dress‑rehearsal countdown for Artemis II, the first mission to send astronauts toward the Moon in more than half a century. The two‑day test is a full simulation of launch day,
NASA has announced that the countdown has officially begun for the wet dress rehearsal of the Artemis II mission to the Moon. On Friday, 30 January 2026, the space agency said it would target Monday,
NASA has officially started the clock on one of the most important milestones remaining before the Artemis 2 mission.
The rehearsal, scheduled to run through early February 3, is meant to stress-test both machines and humans behind NASA’s ambitious return to deep space exploration.