[U] We Are (Again) Less Than Two Hours — From Launch Time… Will The Artemis II Crew Get Their Rocket — To Circle The Moon? We Shall See…

UPDATE: At the 1:54 mark, the team has identified an issue with the emergency Flight Termination System software. They are seeing unexpected readings, and so the solution is to go pull a piece of hardware that was last used “live” during the Space Shuttle era, and see if it confirms that these readings are nominal — or okay to go, for flight. Wow. I suspect the window is going to slip a bit. Do stay tuned, to the YouTube Live, below. End updated portion.

The best news so far is that there have been no “call outs” — or unscheduled holds, either — relating to tanking / hydrogen leak issues.

And the launch “window” is ample… at least two hours — about two hours, from now (1 hour and 58 minutes, actually) — or around 6: 20 pm Eastern.

We wish the crew — and the brilliant working scientists and engineers at NASA… all the best.

I will be off grid when the launch window actually opens, but will report, later tonight — either way. Onward.