UPDATE ON NASA ARTEMIS II ROLLOUT
HEY, SPACE PLACERS!
NASA
Kennedy Space Center, Florida
A press conference was held today to update the status of the upcoming Artemis II moon mission https://wtop.com/the-space-place/2026/01/moon-here-we-come-nasa-inches-closer-to-lunar-return-with-artemis-ii-mission/ .
All systems are GO https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/missions/2026/01/16/artemis-ii-moon-rocket-ready-for-big-move/.
From the Artemis II launch team there was an air of excitement about tomorrow’s rollout of the Artemis II stack. This excitement was aptly stated by John Honeycutt, Artemis II mission management team chair:
“These are days we live for. SLS and Orion are ready to go to the pad. This mission feels a lot different from Artemis I as Artemis II is the next step to landing on the moon.”
Honeycutt, who is the final word in determining whether Artemis II is a “GO/NO GO” for launch based on the myriad of inputs provided to him, added, “We have one job - safe return and we will fly when we are ready.”
A big step for doing so comes tomorrow at 7 a.m. when the eleven million pound stack starts its journey from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39B.
You can see today’s press conference replay in full https://youtu.be/tTs799cmxBc. Oh, and be sure to tune in to the 58:08 mark.
Coverage of the rollout will be streamed live on NASA’s YouTube channel starting at 7 a.m.
As always, the scheduled date for each evolution can change very quickly.
Stay tuned to WTOP for ongoing coverage of Artemis II.
LIGHT.THAT.CANDLE!
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