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

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The 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

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Agencies

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Government

Programs

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Artemis

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.

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