NASA’s Artemis II mission is scheduled to launch Wednesday, April 1, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. At 6:24 p.m., astronauts Reid Wiseman (commander), Victor Glover (pilot) and Christina Koch (mission specialist) and the Canadian Space Agency’s Jeremy Hansen (mission specialist) are set to liftoff on the historic mission.
The crew onboard an Orion capsule will sail beyond low-Earth orbit and farther into space than humans have flown in more than 50 years. The 10-day mission will send the crew around the Earth and then out to loop around the moon where they’ll see the “dark side” of the moon.
Check out the live view of the rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center:
This article originally appeared on Florida Today: Watch Artemis II SLS rocket live on Kennedy Space Center launch pad
Reporting by Rob Landers, Florida Today / Florida Today
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