NASA managers say they have completed testing of the Space Launch System 🚀after a recent countdown rehearsal and are ready to move into preparations for a launch as soon as late August.
NASA plans to roll the mobile launch platform carrying SLS back to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) early July 1, weather permitting. Once back in the VAB, crews will spend several weeks preparing the vehicle to return to the pad for the Artemis 1 launch.
NASA will set a specific target launch date after replacing hardware associated with the leak. The first launch window would come between Aug. 23 and Sept. 6.