Artemis II Rollout Set for March 19 as Crew Enters Quarantine

Engineers are targeting 8 p.m. EDT on Thursday, March 19, to begin rolling the Artemis II SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft to Launch Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s crawler-transporter 2 will carry the 11-million-pound stack, including the mobile launcher, at about 1 mph along the four-mile route from Kennedy’s Vehicle Assembly Building to the launch pad.

The journey, which can take up to 12 hours, will be streamed on NASA’s You Tube channel. The time of rollout is subject to change if additional time is needed for technical preparations or weather accommodations. The Artemis II crew entered quarantine at 5 p.m.

CDT Wednesday in Houston: NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, along with CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen. They will limit their exposure to others for the next week in Houston before flying to Kennedy approximately five days before launch to continue quarantine from the astronaut crew quarters there.

United States, Florida; Houston

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