NASA Artemis 2 moon mission remains on track as crew members enter quarantine in Texas to avoid exposure to illness. SLS rocket would launch in Florida

NASA is gearing up to launch Artemis II, the agency’s highly anticipated first crewed mission to moon in more than half a century. A crucial step is Artemis II’s “wet” dress rehearsal—a major test of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the Orion capsule that will house the mission’s four astronauts.

NASA's Artemis II mission is about to launch four astronauts around the Moon without having them set foot on it. While the reasons for this are plenty, according to Patty Casas Horn, the deputy lead for Mission Analysis and Integrated Assessments at NASA,

The four astronauts of NASA's Artemis 2 moon mission went into quarantine on Jan. 23, keeping everything on track for a possible launch in early February.

Artemis II is the first crewed spaceflight in NASA’s Artemis program, which aims to send astronauts back to the lunar surface and eventually push on toward Mars. But this 10-day

As NASA gears up to send four astronauts on a crewed flight around the moon in the imminent Artemis II mission, Axiom Space is carefully preparing its AxEMU spacesuit for the highly anticipated endeavor that will follow.