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The Artemis mission will be launched on a Space Launch System (SLS) rocket.

The Space Launch System (SLS) is the most powerful rocket ever built.

NASA stated that it is taking its time conducting pre-launch tests to ensure that everything is in order.

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The final pre - commissioning test of Artemis I, an unpiloted trip that would serve as a launching pad towards returning people to the Moon after many decades, has been postponed once more by NASA. The wet dress rehearsal, which had been set for February, has been rescheduled for mid-March. This could push the release of Artemis I back to April or May. The extra time required to perform 'closeout activities' within the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, according to the NASA, is due to the rocket being rolled out in the open for the first time. For the Artemis mission, NASA is putting the most powerful rocket ever built to the test. The Space Launch System (SLS) rocket will be topped by the Orion spacecraft. They have a combined height of 322 feet. Before the actual launch, the system will be tested one last time during the wet rehearsal. It entails carrying out the entire set of activities until the countdown to launch, however without relaunching the rocket. If all variables are found to be in order, the system will return to the VAB and await the launch.

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The combined rocket and spacecraft will be rolled out of the VAB for testing 'no early than March 2022,' according to the US space agency. 'While the teams are not working on any serious concerns,' it said, 'NASA has added time to finish closeout procedures within the VAB prior to rolling the rocket out for the first time.' NASA's deputy associate administrator for exploration systems development, Tom Whitmeyer, said the team is taking its time and being cautious. Whitmeyer told CNN, 'This is the stage when we're finishing things down and getting ready to launch, and there's a lot of activity associated with that.'

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NASA revealed in October of last year that Artemis I, which was initially planned to launch in November 2021, will launch in mid-February. It had offered two more launch dates at the time: March 12-27 and April 8-23 .

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