WASHINGTON — NASA is pushing ahead with an Artemis 2 launch as soon as April 1 after completing repairs to a helium line that required rolling the rocket back from the pad.
At a March 12 briefing, agency officials said they completed a two-day flight readiness review for the Artemis 2 mission and agreed to proceed with launch preparations.
NASA currently plans to roll the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft from the Vehicle Assembly Building, or VAB, back to Launch Complex 39B on March 19. That would set up a launch as soon as April 1, the opening of the next launch period for the mission, which runs through April 6.
