NASA is streaming a 24/7 live feed of the 322-foot Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and its Orion crew capsule at Kennedy Space Center. Artemis 2 will carry three Americans and one Canadian on a roughly 10-day lunar flyaround and could launch as soon as Feb. 8, pending a wet dress rehearsal and flight readiness review. The wet dress rehearsal—rescheduled due to cold weather—will include loading about 700,000 gallons of cryogenic propellant. Artemis aims to build a sustained lunar presence and support future missions to Mars.
See NASA’s Artemis 2 Rocket Live: 24/7 Feed Shows SLS and Orion on the Pad
Firefly's Blue Ghost lunar lander captures its shadow on the moon's surface after completing a successful landing March 2 near a volcanic feature on the moon called Mons Latreille. The vehicle became the first of two landers manufactured by a U.S. company to reach the moon is 2025 in crucial missions to lay the groundwork for NASA to return humans to the lunar surface in the years ahead.
NASA’s next-generation Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and its Orion crew capsule now stand vertical on the pad at Kennedy Space Center—and you can watch them anytime via a 24/7 live video feed.
The SLS stack measures 322 feet tall and was built by Boeing and Northrop Grumman. On top sits the Orion crew capsule that will carry three Americans and one Canadian on Artemis 2, a roughly 10-day mission that will circle the Moon—the first human lunar flight in more than 50 years.
Why Watch the Live Feed?
Watching a stationary rocket may sound uneventful, but the continuous stream offers striking visuals: tune in at dawn or dusk for dramatic sunrises or sunsets framing the vehicle, or watch the rocket illuminated against the night sky. NASA also provides a separate live feed when it conducts major prelaunch tests such as the wet dress rehearsal.
Launch Timing and Prelaunch Tests
NASA has identified multiple launch windows extending through April 6. The earliest possible launch was moved to Sunday, Feb. 8 after a key fueling test was postponed because of unusually cold weather at Cape Canaveral. That prelaunch milestone—a wet dress rehearsal—was rescheduled to no earlier than Monday, Feb. 2.
The wet dress rehearsal simulates countdown operations and includes loading the SLS with roughly 700,000 gallons of cryogenic propellants, which are later drained. NASA will not finalize an official launch date until engineers complete the wet dress rehearsal and a subsequent flight readiness review that evaluates spacecraft systems and readiness.
The Artemis 2 Crew
Reid Wiseman (Commander) — A Baltimore native, Wiseman previously flew to the International Space Station in 2014 aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft.
Victor Glover (Pilot) — From Pomona, California, Glover flew to the ISS in 2020 on a SpaceX Crew Dragon mission.
Christina Koch (Mission Specialist) — From Grand Rapids, Michigan, Koch holds several agency records and previously flew to the ISS in 2019 on a Soyuz mission.
Jeremy Hansen (Mission Specialist) — A Canadian Space Agency astronaut, Hansen will make his first trip to space on Artemis 2.
What Artemis Aims To Achieve
Artemis is NASA’s long-term program to return humans to the lunar surface and build a sustained presence on the Moon. Planned steps include establishing a lunar outpost near the south pole—an area thought to hold abundant water ice that could be mined to supply drinking water, breathable oxygen, and propellants produced from hydrogen and oxygen. The lunar outpost is also intended as a staging point for future crewed missions to Mars.
Both the SLS rocket and the Orion capsule were rolled out to the launch pad at Cape Canaveral on Jan. 17. Follow NASA’s official feeds for live coverage of the stack, the wet dress rehearsal, and updates on launch timing.
Originally reported by USA TODAY. For more information, visit NASA’s Artemis mission pages and official social channels.
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