Overview
- The four astronauts — Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Canadian Jeremy Hansen — reached Kennedy Space Center for final checks and quarantine before a possible April 1 liftoff.
- NASA has identified daily launch opportunities from April 1 to April 6, with additional April dates reserved if weather or late tests force a delay.
- The Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft are now at Launch Complex 39B after a rollback to the Vehicle Assembly Building for access and repairs.
- Engineers fixed a helium flow irregularity in the SLS upper stage and repaired a fuel leak, issues NASA said required work that could not be done at the pad.
- The roughly 10-day flight will loop around the Moon without landing and would be the first crewed lunar voyage since Apollo, laying groundwork for future surface missions.