NASA Artemis II two-hour launch window opens at 6:24 pm ET Wednesday, April 1, 2026. Best places near Kennedy Space Center in Florida to watch liftoff

Artemis II mission is set to launch at 6:24 p.m. ET from Kennedy Space Center. The mission will send a crew of four astronauts on a 10-day journey around the moon, marking a historic return to deep space in over 50 years.

NASA teams across the country have begun the launch countdown for the Artemis II mission around the moon. Here are some of the key milestones that takes place started at L-16 hours.

NASA is counting down to the Artemis II rocket launch from Kennedy Space Center, with liftoff scheduled for around 6:24 p.m. EDT on Wednesday.

Launch preparations have begun for the Artemis II mission, NASA’s planned lunar fly-around by four astronauts that will be the first moon trip in 53 years.

The countdown clock at the Kennedy Space Center Press Site began moving just before 5 p.m. Monday, March 30, as Artemis II moves toward launch. NASA announced that teams have polled "go" after an L-2 briefing, moving toward a liftoff as soon as 6:24 p.m. Wednesday, April 1.

After weeks of fuel leaks and other issues, NASA faced a trouble-free countdown Tuesday on the eve of astronauts’ first trip to the moon in more than half a century. NASA is shooting for the moon. A guide to the Artemis II mission NASA begins the countdown for humanity’s first launch to the moon in 53 years Apollo’s impatient old-timers are rooting for NASA’s return to the moon with Artemis II launch Meet the Artemis crew in NASA’s 1st astronaut moon mission in more than a half-century He suddenly couldn’t speak in space.

NASA officials on Monday started the two-day countdown to the Artemis II mission launch, which will send a crew of four around the moon.

Check back for live FLORIDA TODAY Space Team launch updates on this page, starting about 90 minutes before today’s SpaceX Falcon 9 launch window opens.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA began the countdown Monday for humanity’s first launch to the moon in 53 years.

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