Wet Dress Rehearsal
Artemis II Wet Dress Rehearsal #2
LC-39B, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Friday, February 20, 2026 · 01:30 UTC
Wet Dress Rehearsal
Details
/01The Space Launch System (SLS) rocket for the Artemis II mission will perform a second Wet Dress Rehearsal to demonstrate the ability to load more than 700,000 gallons of cryogenic propellants into the rocket, conduct a launch countdown, and practice safely removing propellant from the rocket without astronauts inside the spacecraft.
Type
Wet Dress Rehearsal
Duration
PT12H41M34S
Location
LC-39B, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Status
Scheduled
Related Launches
/02Agencies
/03National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Government
Programs
/04Artemis
The Artemis program is a US government-funded crewed spaceflight program that has the goal of landing "the first woman and the next man" on the Moon, specifically at the lunar south pole region.