NASA announced today (Feb. 20) that it’s targeting March 6 for the liftoff of Artemis 2, which will be the first crewed mission to go beyond low Earth orbit since Apollo 17 back in 1972.

With a successful fueling test behind them, NASA managers on Friday said the agency has a good shot at launching the Artemis II mission on March 6, sending four astronauts on a long-awaited trip around the moon.

NASA is eyeing March 6 to launch four astronauts on the Artemis II mission around the moon, officials announced after completing a fueling test and launch-day walkthrough.

NASA's second attempt to fuel up its Artemis 2 moon rocket appeared to go well on Thursday (Feb. 19), potentially keeping the mission on track to launch as soon as early March.

NASA will again attempt to fuel up its moon rocket and do a launch-day walkthrough ahead of its Artemis II mission to send four astronauts around the moon.

The four astronauts heading to the moon for the lunar fly-by are the first humans to venture there since 1972. The ten-day mission will travel more than 600,000 miles.

The astronauts will begin their journey on Nasa's Space Launch System rocket Nasa is targeting early March to launch a crew around the Moon for the first time in more than 50 years, in what would be humankind's furthest trip into space.

By completing a second ‘wet dress rehearsal’ of its upcoming moon mission, NASA may be on track for a March launch date