{"id":575428,"date":"2026-04-01T15:53:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T15:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/575428\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T15:53:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T15:53:09","slug":"artemis-ii-launch-nasa-prepares-for-historic-moon-mission-today-at-kennedy-space-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/575428\/","title":{"rendered":"Artemis II launch: NASA prepares for historic moon mission today at Kennedy Space Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a style=\"display:block\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/resizer\/v2\/XWFRZTY2TBE5LNXYK2B6FSZBBM.JPG?auth=ceff7348aab4752aea5d024274922f0a38fd06f405166bd9dddc2062d2b68a10&amp;width=600&amp;height=400&amp;quality=80&amp;smart=true\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" data-photo-viewer-index=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Open this photo in gallery:<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"figcap-text\">NASA&#8217;s Artemis II moon rocket sits on Launch Pad 39-B at the Kennedy Space Center hours ahead of a planned launch attempt on Wednesday in Cape Canaveral, Fla.Chris O&#8217;Meara\/The Associated Press<\/p>\n<p>04\/01\/26 11:47Ask us your questions about the Artemis II mission<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">\u2013 Globe staff<\/p>\n<p>  What do you want to know about the Artemis II launch? Submit your questions<\/p>\n<p>This week, three Americans and one Canadian will embark on a trip around the moon before safely splashing down in the Pacific Ocean just over nine days later. What do you want to know about the launch, its long preparation time and what they hope to accomplish? Leave your question in the form below, or send an e-mail to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/science\/article-artemis-ii-launch-nasa-moon-mission-live-updates-april-1\/mailto:audience@globeandmail.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">audience@globeandmail.com<\/a>.\n  <\/p>\n<p>04\/01\/26 11:38Hydrogen fuelling finishes, a promising sign for Artemis team<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">\u2013 Ivan Semeniuk<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"display:block\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/resizer\/v2\/Y2LN4QIT7FE2ROMJJI5HXGTVBY.jpg?auth=b049aa5fe85e24a70a09ab110a39c74766580048ec121e1cda9f3719d6b03ffa&amp;width=600&amp;height=400&amp;quality=80&amp;smart=true\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" data-photo-viewer-index=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Open this photo in gallery:<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"figcap-text\">The countdown clock runs at Kennedy Space Center in the late morning on Wednesday.Joe Raedle\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Hydrogen fuelling is now completed for both the core and upper stages of the Artemis II SLS (space launch system) rocket. Oxygen fuelling of the core stage continues and is 98 per cent complete.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">After a long history of delays related to fuelling, the smooth operations so far this morning can only come as welcome news to the Artemis ground team.<\/p>\n<p>04\/01\/26 11:20What do astronauts eat in space?<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">\u2013 Globe staff<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Quiche, barbecued beef brisket and more, according to a NASA crew menu.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Hot sauces \u2013 five of them \u2013 are available for dressing up meals, along with spicy mustard and various spreads including strawberry jam and peanut butter.<\/p>\n<p>04\/01\/26 11:02The Globe on the ground in Florida<a style=\"display:block\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/resizer\/v2\/HHZINIORHRG2VMWWQWP4UEJ23U.JPG?auth=0b5f90b602b8b560268cbfebb538ec6f229a460ff8f2ec5dc8036c2b74bc39a4&amp;width=600&amp;height=400&amp;quality=80&amp;smart=true\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" data-photo-viewer-index=\"2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Open this photo in gallery:<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"figcap-text\">Journalists, including The Globe&#8217;s Ivan Semeniuk (second row, right), fill the Kennedy Space Center media room as preparations continue for the Artemis II launch on Wednesday.Steve Nesius\/Reuters<\/p>\n<p>04\/01\/26 10:52Hydrogen fuelling of core stage is completed<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">\u2013 Ivan Semeniuk<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"display:block\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/resizer\/v2\/ZRFI4K6OPFGFNB5G6K5JRX37C4.png?auth=39c41328ed45cb9949954043a1954d5181961e59598dd65c6009d8a8828eda8b&amp;width=600&amp;height=400&amp;quality=80&amp;smart=true\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" data-photo-viewer-index=\"3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Open this photo in gallery:<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"figcap-text\">A screen shows fuelling of the core stage of the rocket.Ivan Semeniuk<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Hydrogen fueling of the core stage has been completed and is now in replenish mode, which means hydrogen is being added as it gradually boils off to make sure the tank is topped up. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">This is big a step since the most significant technical issue with the rocket earlier this year occurred during hydrogen loading of the core stage. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Loading of liquid oxygen continues as well as both tanks in the upper stage.<\/p>\n<p>04\/01\/26 10:46Fuelling for Artemis II continues<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">\u2013 Ivan Semeniuk<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">With just under eight hours to go before the launch window opens, fuelling for Artemis II continues apace. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Hydrogen is now being loaded into the upper stage as well as the core stage of the SLS rocket. The role of the core stage is to carry the Orion capsule into a low Earth orbit. The upper stage will take over later in the flight to raise the orbit much higher. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">The crew is slated to spend the first 25 hours or so of their mission orbiting Earth and performing checkouts and tests of the capsule before the \u201ctranslunar injection burn\u201d that sends them out to the moon.<\/p>\n<p>04\/01\/26 10:33How NASA is letting people from around the world join the moon mission<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">\u2013 Abigale Subdhan<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Is your name set to orbit the moon with NASA\u2019s Artemis II mission?<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">The space agency collected millions of names as part of <a href=\"https:\/\/go.nasa.gov\/artemisnames\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/go.nasa.gov\/artemisnames\">its \u201cSend Your Name with Artemis II\u201d effort.<\/a> People from around the world were able to submit their names on NASA\u2019s website leading up until the launch. The collected names have been added to a SD card that will be loaded aboard the Orion spacecraft.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">The names were downloaded onto an SD card that is stored inside \u201cRise,\u201d the zero gravity indicator designed by second-grader Lucas Ye from California, according to a video posted to Commander Reid Wiseman\u2019s X account.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">The crew is bringing 5,647,889 names aboard.<\/p>\n<p>04\/01\/26 10:16Media interest grows ahead of mission launch<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">&#8211; Ivan Semeniuk<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"display:block\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/resizer\/v2\/PTNNL3KNUVCIJP3HPELDDFAEXE.png?auth=347c0188c69f888dc452d5a474655a14d923fab559d45b8aa8576a3f6ce71516&amp;width=600&amp;height=400&amp;quality=80&amp;smart=true\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" data-photo-viewer-index=\"4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Open this photo in gallery:<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"figcap-text\">The packed press room at the Kennedy Space Center ahead of the Artemis II launch on Wednesday.Ivan Semeniuk<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">The launch window does not open for another eight and a half hours but already this press room for foreign media at the Kennedy Space Center is packed and busy. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Outside, the field is lined with tents, cameras and temporary stages for television crews broadcasting the event. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">If a launch occurs today all of this setup will vanish quickly as action shifts to the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Tex., which houses mission control for the 10-day journey around the moon and is home base for NASA\u2019s human spaceflight program.<\/p>\n<p>04\/01\/26 09:55Artemis II crew starting their day<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">&#8211; Ivan Semeniuk<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"display:block\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/resizer\/v2\/LRS5RIGJMFFJXEQJQZUAJ53MVY.JPG?auth=ab1471df80453fe63b4f1e5120d61a35f39a9ff2cd76676c0d7674c93bf05acc&amp;width=600&amp;height=400&amp;quality=80&amp;smart=true\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" data-photo-viewer-index=\"5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Open this photo in gallery:<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"figcap-text\">Artemis II crew members, from left, Mission Spc. Jeremy Hansen, of Canada, Mission Spc. Christina Koch, Commander Reid Wiseman, and Pilot Victor Glover pose for a photo after the crew&#8217;s arrival at the Kennedy Space Center on Friday in Cape Canaveral, Fla.Chris O&#8217;Meara\/The Associated Press<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">We\u2019re told the crew members of Artemis II are now officially waking up and starting their day. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">The crew has been time shifting while here in Florida to reflect the fact that the evening launch is not going to be the end of their day but closer to the middle of a day that includes a busy series of activities immediately after launch. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">The four crew members are commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, mission specialist Christina Koch and Canadian Space Agency Astronaut Jeremy Hansen who is also a mission specialist on the flight.<\/p>\n<p>04\/01\/26 09:53Space enthusiasts watch sunrise ahead of Artemis II launch<a style=\"display:block\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/resizer\/v2\/VZQIIQG22BBCXFO7KF27IO72CY.jpg?auth=750927d29a6ab056be0890598a5e477e2ce19a627cfa09ae7b503e6fab5abc00&amp;width=600&amp;height=400&amp;quality=80&amp;smart=true\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" data-photo-viewer-index=\"6\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Open this photo in gallery:<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"figcap-text\">Space enthusiasts watch the sunrise from a park in Titusville, Fla., several hours before the planned launch time.GREGG NEWTON\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>04\/01\/26 09:50The astronauts on the Artemis II mission<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">The Artemis II crew consists of three Americans and one Canadian: commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, mission specialist Christina Koch and London, Ont.,-born astronaut <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/article-artemis-ii-moon-nasa-astronauts\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jeremy Hansen<\/a>, who will make history as the first Canadian Space Agency astronaut to fly around the moon. The mission\u2019s crew was selected in 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Victor Glover, a Navy test pilot, was the first Black astronaut to live and work aboard the space station in 2020 and 2021. He also was one of the first astronauts to launch with SpaceX.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Christina Koch, who will be the first woman to travel to the moon, already holds the record for the longest single spaceflight by a woman. During her 328-day mission at the International Space Station spanning 2019 and 2020, she took part in the first all-female spacewalk.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Artemis II will be Jeremy Hansen\u2019s first flight into space. The former fighter pilot was selected as one of two recruits by the Canadian Space Agency for its astronaut recruitment program in 2009 and began working at the Mission Control Center in Houston in 2011.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Their commander is Reid Wiseman, a retired Navy captain who lived aboard the space station in 2014 and later headed NASA\u2019s astronaut corps. They range in age from 47 to 50.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">The four-person crew <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/blogs\/missions\/2026\/03\/18\/nasa-finalizes-artemis-ii-rollout-crew-begins-quarantine\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">entered quarantine on March 18<\/a> in Houston \u201cto ensure they remain healthy leading up to launch.\u201d They spent time with their families over the weekend at the Kennedy Space Center\u2019s beach house, a spot where astronauts rest before blasting off into space.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">&#8211; Globe staff, The Associated Press<\/p>\n<p>04\/01\/26 09:42Less than nine hours away from launch<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">&#8211; Ivan Semeniuk<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">The opening of today\u2019s launch window is now less than nine hours away. Fuel loading of the core stage continues in fast fill mode. Both the liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen tanks on the core stage are now close to one third full. The weather forecast still points to an 80 per cent chance of a go for launch this evening. There\u2019s a growing sense that we are likely to see a launch attempt today. <\/p>\n<p>04\/01\/26 09:40Astronaut Jeremy Hansen\u2019s wife prepares for his lunar mission<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">As Jeremy Hansen prepares to begin a historic mission to the moon aboard the Artemis II, his wife says his family will be trying to take in every single moment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">If everything goes as planned, Catherine Hansen will be on the roof of the launch control centre at Florida\u2019s Kennedy Space Center Wednesday evening to watch her husband begin a 10-day lunar fly-around.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">\u201cI\u2019m really trying to encourage everyone \u2013 and very, very specifically myself \u2013 to be in that moment and to allow whatever emotions may come,\u201d she told The Canadian Press on Tuesday. \u201cThere will be excitement, there will be exhilaration, there will be terror and fear.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Jeremy Hansen, 50, of London, Ont., will serve as the mission specialist for Artemis II and become the first non-American to travel beyond low Earth orbit. He will be joined by veteran NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">For the Hansen family it marks the culmination of 16 years of preparation and the fulfilment of a lifetime dream.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Catherine Hansen, an accomplished obstetrician-gynecologist, met her husband in Moose Jaw, Sask., when she went to watch her brother get his Air Force pilot wings. Jeremy Hansen told her right away he planned to be an astronaut.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">She said she initially thought it was \u201ca crazy thing to say out loud,\u201d but after a little contemplation decided that \u201cif he\u2019s saying it out loud, he must really mean it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">\u201cAnd as I got to know him, even over that day, weeks, months later, I realized he meant every word of it,\u201d she said with a wide smile. \u201cAnd we were going to do everything we could to make it happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Catherine Hansen said they had a look at their lives together, what they wanted and how they could both accomplish it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">\u201cI cannot really explain to people how important it is to just lift each other up, and that\u2019s exactly what we\u2019ve done,\u201d she said. \u201cHe\u2019s done that with my work and my business. I\u2019ve done that with him and his work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">They\u2019ve now been married 23 years \u2014 most of which they\u2019ve spent connected to NASA.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">To watch her husband live out his childhood dream \u201cfeels like no less than a miracle,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">\u2013 The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>04\/01\/26 09:30Canadians gathering at museums, libraries to watch moon launch<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Canadians across the country are assembling today to watch the Artemis II launch, which is set to send humans back to the moon for the first time in more than 50 years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">The first two-hour launch window opens at 6:24 p.m. ET, with a six-day launch window running through April 6.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">People across Canada are gathering at historical sites, museums, libraries and arts centres to watch the launch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">In Vancouver, people are meeting at the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre, while Halifax residents plan to watch the launch from the Discovery Centre.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">If there are no problems today, Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen of London, Ont., will serve as the mission specialist for Artemis II and become the first non-American to travel beyond low Earth orbit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">\u2013 The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>04\/01\/26 09:23How to watch the Artemis II launch<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">The Artemis II launch will be streamed live on <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.nasa.gov\/scheduled-video\/nasas-artemis-ii-crew-launches-to-the-moon-official-broadcast\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NASA+<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@NASA\/streams\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NASA\u2019s YouTube channel<\/a>, and the NASA app.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/m3kR2KK8TEs\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/m3kR2KK8TEs\">official launch broadcast on YouTube<\/a> begins at 12:50 p.m. ET, though viewers are able to see the tanking process and other mission activities with live commentary in the meanwhile. Liftoff is scheduled for no earlier than 6:24 p.m. ET. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">In-person viewing is available at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, but it said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kennedyspacecenter.com\/landing-pages\/artemis-ii\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">on its website<\/a> that only guests with a \u201cLaunch Viewing Package\u201d will be allowed entry on Artemis II launch attempt days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">NASA also released <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/missions\/artemis-ii\/arow\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a flight tracker<\/a> on its website that will be available once Artemis II launches.<\/p>\n<p>04\/01\/26 09:14A good sign for today\u2019s launch<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">&#8211; Ivan Semeniuk<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">The Artemis II ground crew has now shifted to fast fill for both liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen fuel in the rocket\u2019s main (core) stage. This is a good sign for a launch today. There are no signs of issues with the fuelling at this point. Fuelling of the rocket\u2019s upper stage has yet to begin.<\/p>\n<p>04\/01\/26 09:01Teams begin to fill SLS rocket with liquid hydrogen and oxygen<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">&#8211; Ivan Semeniuk<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">A slow fill of propellant is underway on the SLS rocket that is set to fly four astronauts around the moon. The fuelling process begins slowly so that the ultra-cold liquid fuel does not damage the system. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">All eyes will be on the hydrogen field loading which delayed the launch of Artemis II and was also an issue ahead of the launch of Artemis I, an uncrewed flight in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>04\/01\/26 08:14Artemis II SLS rocket is currently in \u2018chill down\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">&#8211; Ivan Semeniuk<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"display:block\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/resizer\/v2\/UQ6WDB35RFELHFMTM6RLSKQ5MQ.JPG?auth=57949472ffd0a626c18681d8fa35c8d22a87780fdd20cf3bc744353257b745a3&amp;width=600&amp;height=400&amp;quality=80&amp;smart=true\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" data-photo-viewer-index=\"7\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Open this photo in gallery:<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"figcap-text\">The NASA Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket with the Orion spacecraft is seen at Launch Complex 39B at the Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday in Cape Canaveral, Fla.John Raoux\/The Associated Press<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">The Artemis II Space Launch System rocket is currently in \u201cchill down\u201d. It is being cooled in advance of loading the liquid hydrogen and oxygen fuel for its upper and lower stages. To be ready for launch the rocket will need to be loaded with approximately one million kilograms of fuel in the coming hours.<\/p>\n<p>04\/01\/26 07:57T-10 and half hours to go <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">&#8211; Ivan Semeniuk<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">With 10 and a half hours to go before the opening of today\u2019s launch window, the launch team has been given the go-ahead to start loading the rocket with fuel. This is what everyone will be watching this morning. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">During <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/article-artemis-ii-moon-launch-postponed-until-march\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/article-artemis-ii-moon-launch-postponed-until-march\/\">a dress rehearsal in February<\/a>, hydrogen leaks that appeared while the rocket was being fueled delayed the launch by a month. Then a second issue with the rocket\u2019s upper stage ultimately pushed it to April.<\/p>\n<p>04\/01\/26 07:45A sunny arrival to Kennedy Space Center<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">&#8211; Ivan Semeniuk<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"display:block\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/resizer\/v2\/WWKUBMMPHNCQVKHYZD67NZVO2A.jpg?auth=af615d635b1caf7cde051a6a920618a1b94171a9b9027abc7d33ea5d5331a7f7&amp;width=600&amp;height=400&amp;quality=80&amp;smart=true\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" data-photo-viewer-index=\"8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Open this photo in gallery:<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"figcap-text\">Early arrivals at the Kennedy Space Centre&#8217;s press center were treated to a gorgeous sunrise over the launch complex.Ivan Semeniuk\/The Globe and Mail<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Early arrivals at the Kennedy Space Center\u2019s press center this morning were treated to a gorgeous sunrise over the launch complex. So far the skies are mainly clearly. Those cumulus clouds in the distance are currently sitting offshore. If weather became an issue for the launch later today it may be because of afternoon storms that can develop and move inland. Yesterday, Mark Burger at the center\u2019s launch weather office put the chances of weather interfering with the launch at about 20 percent today.<\/p>\n<p>04\/01\/26 07:00Hello from Cape Canaveral <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">&#8211; Ivan Semeniuk<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">This is Ivan Semeniuk at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral in Florida. The launch window for the Artemis II mission that aims to fly four astronauts around the moon, including Canada\u2019s Jeremey Hansen, has a good chance of lifting off today as early as 6:24 pm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">With less than 12 hours remaining on the countdown clock, I\u2019ll be here through the day watching final preparations on the way to a possible launch.<\/p>\n<p>04\/01\/26 07:00The steps to make a journey to the far side of the moon<\/p>\n<p>Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen will be the first Canadian to fly beyond low Earth orbit. Hansen explains the stages of the Artemis II, a mission that will fly astronauts around the Moon\u2019s far side.<\/p>\n<p>04\/01\/26 07:00What to know about NASA\u2019s historic Artemis II moon mission<a style=\"display:block\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/resizer\/v2\/PNDCOL2WGVHUTOJY3EAD76TGGM.JPG?auth=e4af9072b2039aca945d3f29cbff9f45a3286718151e96da1a13b76b6bee21b2&amp;width=600&amp;height=400&amp;quality=80&amp;smart=true\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" data-photo-viewer-index=\"9\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Open this photo in gallery:<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"figcap-text\">Photographers set up remote cameras near NASA&#8217;s Artermis II moon rocket on Launch Pad 39-B just before sunrise at the Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday.Chris O&#8217;Meara\/The Associated Press<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Long delayed by a series of technical challenges, NASA is now preparing <a href=\"http:\/\/globeandmail.com\/canada\/science\/article-artemis-ii-nasa-rocket-moon-launch-jeremy-hansen\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"http:\/\/globeandmail.com\/canada\/science\/article-artemis-ii-nasa-rocket-moon-launch-jeremy-hansen\/\" target=\"_blank\">to launch Artemis II<\/a> today in its first human mission to fly around the moon in more than 50 years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">The mission will send four astronauts, including Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen, on an approximately 10-day journey around the moon and back, sending them some 406,000 kilometres into space &#8211; the farthest humans have ever traveled.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" id=\"gi-0327-nw-wo-artemis-2-mobile-small-img\" class=\"gi-aiImg gi-aiAbs\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/files\/graphics\/0327-nw-wo-artemis-2\/0327-nw-wo-artemis-2-mobile-small.jpg?token=0\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhCgAKAIAAAB8fHwAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAAKAAoAAAIIhI+py+0PYysAOw==\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle1\">Orion will travel more than <\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle1\">400,000 km from Earth and <\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle1\">could set a new record for <\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle1\">the farthest humans have <\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle1\">ever gone into space<\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle4\">Lift-off from Cape Canaveral<\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle4\">Two minutes after launch, boosters <\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle4\">separate followed by launch abort system<\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle4\">Eight minutes after launch ICPS and Orion <\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle4\">separate from Core stage. Orion\u2019s solar <\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle4\">arrays unfurl<\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle4\">After 90-minute orbit, ICPS fires engines<\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle4\">to raise Orion to higher Earth orbit. <\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle4\">Crew begins multiple system checks<\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle4\">If everything is in order, Orion separates <\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle4\">from ICPS.Then, astronauts manually fly<\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle4\">Orion toward and away from ICPS, practising <\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle4\">proximity operations for future missions<\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle4\">Around 23 hours later, Orion Service Module<\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle4\">carries out Translunar Injection (TLI) burn \u2013<\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle4\">sending Orion on a trajectory around <\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle4\">the moon<\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle5\">After lunar flyby on Day 6, gravity draws <\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle5\">Orion back toward Earth<\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle5\">Just before re-entry, Orion\u2019s crew module <\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle5\">separates from service module<\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle5\">Capsule re-enters atmosphere at speed of <\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle5\">32,187 km\/h and temperatures of up to <\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle5\">2,200\u00b0C<\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle5\">Series of parachutes slow craft before <\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle5\">splashdown in Pacific Ocean<\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle6\">THE GLOBE AND MAIL, Sources: GRAPHIC NEWS; <\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle6\">NASA; ESA; Lockheed Martin<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" id=\"gi-0327-nw-wo-artemis-2-mobile-large-img\" class=\"gi-aiImg gi-aiAbs\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/files\/graphics\/0327-nw-wo-artemis-2\/0327-nw-wo-artemis-2-mobile-large.jpg?token=0\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhCgAKAIAAAB8fHwAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAAKAAoAAAIIhI+py+0PYysAOw==\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle1\">Orion will travel more than <\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle1\">400,000 km from Earth and <\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle1\">could set a new record for <\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle1\">the farthest humans have <\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle1\">ever gone into space<\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle4\">Lift-off from Cape Canaveral<\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle4\">Two minutes after launch, boosters <\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle4\">separate followed by launch abort system<\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle4\">Eight minutes after launch ICPS and Orion <\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle4\">separate from Core stage. Orion\u2019s solar <\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle4\">arrays unfurl<\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle4\">After 90-minute orbit, ICPS fires engines<\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle4\">to raise Orion to higher Earth orbit. <\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle4\">Crew begins multiple system checks<\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle4\">If everything is in order, Orion separates <\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle4\">from ICPS.Then, astronauts manually fly<\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle4\">Orion toward and away from ICPS, practising <\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle4\">proximity operations for future missions<\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle4\">Around 23 hours later, Orion Service Module<\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle4\">carries out Translunar Injection (TLI) burn \u2013<\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle4\">sending Orion on a trajectory around <\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle4\">the moon<\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle5\">After lunar flyby on Day 6, gravity draws <\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle5\">Orion back toward Earth<\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle5\">Just before re-entry, Orion\u2019s crew module <\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle5\">separates from service module<\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle5\">Capsule re-enters atmosphere at speed of <\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle5\">32,187 km\/h and temperatures of up to <\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle5\">2,200\u00b0C<\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle5\">Series of parachutes slow craft before <\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle5\">splashdown in Pacific Ocean<\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle6\">THE GLOBE AND MAIL, Sources: GRAPHIC NEWS; <\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle6\">NASA; ESA; Lockheed Martin<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" id=\"gi-0327-nw-wo-artemis-2-desktop-img\" class=\"gi-aiImg gi-aiAbs\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/files\/graphics\/0327-nw-wo-artemis-2\/0327-nw-wo-artemis-2-desktop.jpg?token=0\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhCgAKAIAAAB8fHwAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAAKAAoAAAIIhI+py+0PYysAOw==\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle2\">After lunar flyby on Day 6,<\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle2\">gravity draws Orion back<\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle2\">toward Earth<\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle2\">Just before re-entry, Orion\u2019s <\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle2\">crew module separates from <\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle2\">service module<\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle2\">Capsule re-enters atmosph-<\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle2\">ere at speed of 32,187 km\/h <\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle2\">and temperatures of up to <\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle2\">2,200\u00b0C<\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle2\">Series of parachutes slow<\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle2\">craft before splashdown in<\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle2\">Pacific Ocean<\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle2\">Orion will travel more than <\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle2\">400,000 km from Earth and <\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle2\">could set a new record for <\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle2\">the farthest humans have <\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle2\">ever gone into space<\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle4\">Lift-off from<\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle4\">Cape Canaveral<\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle4\">Two minutes after launch, <\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle4\">boosters separate followed <\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle4\">by launch abort system<\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle4\">Eight minutes after launch,<\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle4\">ICPS and Orion separate from<\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle4\">Core stage. Orion\u2019s solar arrays unfurl<\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle4\">After 90-minute orbit, ICPS fires engines<\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle4\">to raise Orion to higher Earth orbit. <\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle4\">Crew begins multiple system checks<\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle4\">If everything is in order, Orion separates <\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle4\">from ICPS.Then, astronauts manually fly<\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle4\">Orion toward and away from ICPS, practising <\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle4\">proximity operations for future missions<\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle4\">Around 23 hours later, Orion Service Module<\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle4\">carries out Translunar Injection (TLI) burn \u2013<\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle4\">sending Orion on a trajectory around the moon<\/p>\n<p class=\"gi-pstyle5\">THE GLOBE AND MAIL, Sources: GRAPHIC NEWS; NASA; ESA; Lockheed Martin<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">NASA mission managers polled \u201cgo\u201d to launch the Artemis II mission\u2019s towering, 98-metre Space Launch System (SLS) rocket topped with the astronauts\u2019 Orion crew capsule as early as 6:24 p.m. ET on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">It will launch from NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida just one pad away from where the last moon-bound astronauts of the U.S. Apollo program lifted off more than half a century ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">The Artemis II crew includes NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover and Reid Wiseman and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen, who landed in Florida from Houston on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">They had been in a two-week quarantine leading up to liftoff and spent time with their families over the weekend at the Kennedy Space Center\u2019s beach house, a spot where astronauts rest before blasting off into space.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">The launch had originally been planned for as early as February 6, and then March 6, until a pesky hydrogen leak prompted NASA to roll the rocket back to its vehicle assembly building for scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/science\/article-artemis-ii-nasa-moon-mission-launch-how-to-watch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/science\/article-artemis-ii-nasa-moon-mission-launch-how-to-watch\/\">Read our full explainer here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">&#8211; Globe staff, Reuters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: NASA&#8217;s Artemis II moon rocket sits on Launch Pad 39-B at the Kennedy&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":575429,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[1397,10456,49,48,11124,2922,1399,203196,66,306,5756,1400,2785],"class_list":{"0":"post-575428","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-space","8":"tag-appwebview","9":"tag-aud-growth","10":"tag-ca","11":"tag-canada","12":"tag-live-blog","13":"tag-noastack","14":"tag-nopolly","15":"tag-noreadtime","16":"tag-science","17":"tag-space","18":"tag-yesapplenews","19":"tag-yespop","20":"tag-yessnap"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=575428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575428\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/575429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=575428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=575428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=575428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}