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Forum: Exploration: Moon to Mars
Topic: NASA's Artemis II mission (Orion/SLS)

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Message to Edit: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	Originally posted by Robert Pearlman on 02-02-2026 08:06 AM NASA release <blockquote><font size="+0">[b]Wet Dress Rehearsal Countdown Progressing for Artemis II[/b]</font> NASA continued to press ahead through the countdown for the Artemis II wet dress rehearsal on Sunday (Feb. 1). Teams monitored all systems throughout the overnight hours during cold temperatures and high winds at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Early Sunday morning, at approximately L-39 hours and 30 minutes, teams powered up the rocket's core stage, which soon will be loaded with more than 700,000 gallons of liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen during the tanking phase of the countdown. This will occur over a series of different propellant loading milestones to fill, top off, and replenish the tanks. The interim cryogenic propulsion stage was powered up overnight from Saturday to Sunday. Orion has remained powered over the last several days due to cold temperatures in Florida. Engineers are preparing to charge Orion's flight batteries and soon will begin core stage battery charge. Later on Sunday, engineers conducted final preparations of the umbilical arms and performed a walkdown at the launch pad.</blockquote>
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