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Prepping for Wet Dress Rehearsal

Space Launch System rocket poised in the Vehicle Assembly Building with the American Flag on the Mobile Launcher in the foreground.
Engineers and technicians are continuing to prepare for the Artemis I wet dress rehearsal test which is slated to begin on April 1 and conclude on April 3.  

Engineers and technicians are continuing to prepare for the Artemis I wet dress rehearsal test, which is slated to begin on April 1 and conclude on April 3.  

This close-up view shows the Space Lanch System rocket for Artemis I inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

The wet dress rehearsal will begin at 5 p.m. EDT on April 1 with “call to stations,” when members of the launch control team at Kennedy Space Center in Florida will arrive to the firing rooms in the Launch Control Center and start the approximately two-day test launch countdown.  The team will target a two-hour test window that opens at 2:40 p.m. EDT April 3.

The countdown for the wet dress rehearsal will follow a similar timeline as the team will use on the day of launch.

SLS from space
Image Credit: NASA