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January 17, 2026, 11:00 PM EST. NASA's Artemis II, a four-astronaut crewed lunar-orbit mission, moved to Launch Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center on Saturday, setting the stage for the first crewed Artemis flight around the Moon in more than five decades. The integrated SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft arrived after a roughly 12-hour, 4-mile trek from the Vehicle Assembly Building. If readiness holds, the launch could occur as early as February 6. The crew - Christina Koch, Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman, and Canadian Jeremy Hansen - will first orbit Earth before heading to lunar orbit for about 10 days. Artemis aims to return Americans to the Moon and enable future missions to Mars, with an evolving architecture for repeatable, affordable operations.