{"id":310114,"date":"2026-01-16T12:00:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T12:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/nasa-news-conference-ahead-of-artemis-ii-rollout-mission-preview\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T12:00:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T12:00:20","slug":"nasa-news-conference-ahead-of-artemis-ii-rollout-mission-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/nasa-news-conference-ahead-of-artemis-ii-rollout-mission-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA news conference ahead of Artemis II rollout &amp; mission preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/_BKoGctxxjs\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"NASA news conference ahead of Artemis II rollout &amp; mission preview\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_BKoGctxxjs\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Watch live as NASA hold a news conference ahead of the planned Artemis II rollout on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>NASA is targeting midday (GMT) to begin the move from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39B at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Centre in Florida.<\/p>\n<p>NASA\u2019s crawler-transporter 2 will carry the 11-million-pound stack at about one mile per hour along the four-mile route from the Vehicle Assembly Building to the launch pad.<\/p>\n<p>This is ahead of the upcoming 10-day crewed test flight around the Moon &#8211;  The first rocket to fly astronauts around the moon for the first time since 1972.<\/p>\n<p>The following people will be speaking at the news conference: <\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd34 John Honeycutt, Artemis II mission management team chair<br \/>\n\ud83d\udd34 Charlie Blackwell-Thompson, Artemis launch director, Exploration Ground Systems<br \/>\n\ud83d\udd34 Jeff Radigan, Artemis II lead flight director, Flight Operations Directorate<br \/>\n\ud83d\udd34 Lili Villarreal, landing and recovery director, Exploration Ground Systems<br \/>\n\ud83d\udd34 Jacob Bleacher, chief exploration scientist, Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate<\/p>\n<p>#NASA #ArtemisII #Space <\/p>\n<p>SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/skynews<br \/>\nLike us on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on TikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@skynews <\/p>\n<p>For more content go to http:\/\/news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/app\/sky-news\/id316391924?mt=8 Android https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&amp;hl=en_GB <\/p>\n<p>Sky News Daily podcast is available for free here: https:\/\/podfollow.com\/skynewsdaily\/ <\/p>\n<p>To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/info\/library-sales<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watch live as NASA hold a news conference ahead of the planned Artemis II rollout on Saturday. 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