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NASA’s launch and mission teams, along with the Artemis II crew, completed a key test Dec. 20, a countdown demonstration test, ahead of the Artemis II flight around the Moon early next year.

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Over the weekend, NASA conducted a dress rehearsal for its scheduled February launch date of its Artemis 2 mission to the Moon.

Such "countdown demonstration tests" have traditionally taken place shortly before launch with the rocket and crew ship ...

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NASA’s Artemis II crew completed a launch day rehearsal at Kennedy Space Center, practicing countdown procedures, spacecraft boarding and system checks ahead of their 2026 lunar orbit mission.

The dress rehearsal for NASA's Artemis II launch will help prepare the astronauts for the real launch date, which is planned for no earlier than February.

A major step toward launch day is complete as NASA's Artemis II astronauts ran through a countdown demonstration test.