NASA says its Artemis 2 moon rocket is all fixed up. It could launch astronauts to the moon on April 1

NASA's Artemis 2 moon rocket is seen inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Feb. 25, 2026, after rolling back from the launch pad.

NASA's next launch to the moon is back on track.

Artemis 2 managers met over the past two days, conducting the mission's flight readiness review (FRR) ahead of rolling its Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion capsule back to the launch pad for liftoff. Repairs to the SLS were recently completed inside the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida, where ground teams will now prepare the vehicle for transportation to KSC's Launch Complex-39B.