SCaN requires that all tracking data submitted for Artemis II comply with its data system standards.
The European Space Agency supplied the European Service Module (ESM) that will provide water, air, electricity, and thermal comfort to Artemis II astronauts during the mission.
A liquid hydrogen leak was detected in the umbilical interface of the tail service mast during Artemis II testing.
Four Spanish companies—Airbus, ALTER, GMV, and HV Sistemas—are participating in the Artemis II project.
NASA postponed the Artemis II launch until at least March.
Artemis II is the crewed follow-on mission to Artemis I, which orbited the Moon without a crew.
The countdown of the Artemis II wet dress rehearsal was interrupted due to a liquid hydrogen leak in the tail service mast umbilical interface.
Artemis II will put humans in the proximity of the Moon for the first time since 1972.
NASA is planning to target a launch date for Artemis II after March 2026 and will verify test data before setting an official launch target date.
During the two-day wet dress rehearsal for Artemis II NASA observed a liquid hydrogen leak from the propellant-interface hardware, an Orion spacecraft hatch pressurization issue, and a voice communications channel malfunction.
NASA completed a wet dress rehearsal that filled and drained cryogenic propellant into the SLS fuel tanks for the crewed lunar-circumlunar mission Artemis II.
NASA is targeting March 6 as the earliest date to attempt the Artemis II launch.
The delay to Artemis II postponed a critical fueling test of the 322-foot Space Launch System rocket.
The Artemis II Wet Dress Rehearsal test was terminated at T‑5 minutes 15 seconds.
NASA pushed back Artemis II's earliest launch window to February 8 due to freezing weather at Cape Canaveral.
Artemis II will be the first crewed deep-space mission since 1972 if it flies as planned.
Artemis II is the first crewed mission of the Artemis program and is planned as a circumlunar flight.
A possible sequence of major milestones is: 2026 U.S. crewed lunar flyby (Artemis II), 2027–2029 U.S. crewed lunar landing attempts (Artemis III), and 2030 China crewed lunar landing.
The slip in Artemis II's schedule narrowed available launch opportunities in February to three days.
The Artemis II wet dress rehearsal validated operational sequences, ground systems, and interactions between the vehicle and launch infrastructure.