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Kenna Hughes-Castleberry

'80% chance of a go,' launch weather officer says at NASA's Artemis II prelaunch conference

A large orange and white rocket sits on a launch pad with streaks of white clouds behind it.

NASA's Artemis II mission remains on track for its planned April 1 launch, the space agency announced in a prelaunch news conference Tuesday (March 31).

At the news event, held at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA managers emphasized that both the vehicle and team are ready to fly, with current conditions not pointing to any major last-minute technical concerns. The briefing also broke down the two biggest possible spoilers of tomorrow's launch :the weather on the ground and in space.

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