{"id":368195,"date":"2026-03-31T20:51:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T20:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/368195\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T20:51:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T20:51:09","slug":"nasa-holds-briefing-ahead-of-artemis-ii-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/368195\/","title":{"rendered":"Nasa holds briefing ahead of Artemis II launch"},"content":{"rendered":"

All systems go for the Artemis II launch tomorrowpublished at 19:13 BST<\/p>\n

19:13 BST<\/p>\n

\"\"Pallab Ghosh
Science correspondent<\/p>\n

Nasa has had daily briefings in the run up to the launch of
\nArtemis II, and each day the word \u201cready\u201d has been used with increasing
\nfrequency. That’s because engineers have done a great job on the rocket\u2019s
\nsystems. But there could be a cloud on the horizon \u2013 literally.<\/p>\n

It is hard to imagine that the most powerful rocket ever
\nbuilt could be thwarted by a fluffy cloud, but it can, and here is why:<\/p>\n

At today\u2019s briefing, forecasters said the main worry is
\npuffy, cotton wool type clouds called cumulus clouds that can grow tall enough
\nfor a rocket to trigger lightning as it flies through it or even close to it. <\/p>\n

On the plus side, there is a gentle breeze which will move
\nany offending cloud out of the way during the two hour launch window.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow offers the best weather of the week, with light
\nshowers only a small risk and an 80% chance of acceptable conditions. Saturday
\nis the next best option before things get more hit and miss later on. <\/p>\n

But as for the things Nasa can control, the agency\u2019s test
\ndirector said countdown and tanking preparations are on track, the crew and the
\nflight teams are in good spirits \u2013 and if the clouds behave, Artemis II should
\nget the green light to head for the Moon.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll be ending our live coverage here, but come back
\ntomorrow for our coverage of Artemis II\u2019s launch day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"All systems go for the Artemis II launch tomorrowpublished at 19:13 BST 19:13 BST Pallab GhoshScience correspondent Nasa…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":368196,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[85,46,141,145],"class_list":{"0":"post-368195","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-space","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-science","11":"tag-space"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=368195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368195\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/368196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=368195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=368195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}