If the fueling test goes well, the Artemis II flight around the moon and back could take off as early as Feb. 8.

NASA plans to test the planned leak repair with a second dress rehearsal fueling test later this month.

NASA’s rehearsal for Artemis II marks one of the final steps before four astronauts get launched into deep space for the first time since the Apollo program ended.

NASA's space shuttle Challenger exploded and broke apart Jan. 28, 1986, in the sky over East-Central Florida, killing the seven astronauts on board.

The rollout on Saturday, Jan. 17, of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket is a crucial step signaling that NASA is in the final stretches to get its first crewed lunar mission in five decades off the ...