NASA'S ARTEMIS 1 LUNAR MISSION HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL MARCH.

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The much-anticipated NASA's 'Artemis 1' mission, which aims to return humans to the Moon, has been postponed until March.

It was supposed to be released in February.

NASA revealed on Wednesday that the 'Space Launch System' rocket and Orion spacecraft will not be rolled out to Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida for testing "until March 2022."

"While the teams are not working on any major concerns," NASA noted, "NASA has added more time to finish closeout procedures inside the Vehicle Assembly building before rolling the integrated rocket and spacecraft out for the first time."

The space agency has yet to declare a new launch date.

"Right now, we're kind of looking at mid-March," Tom Whitmeyer, NASA's Deputy Associate Administrator for Exploration Systems Development, said during a press briefing, according to Space.com.

We'll come closer to the final close-out, and then we'll be in a better position to set a firm deadline."

The next step toward launch will be a wet dress rehearsal when the deployment to the pad is completed successfully.

"Ahead of the wet dress rehearsal, the engineers will continue work on final closeout activities and flight termination system testing," NASA added.

The space agency also stated that it is looking into possible launch dates in April and May.

'Artemis 1' will be the first of NASA's Artemis missions, with the objective of landing humans on the moon in the long run as part of a long-term ambition for a long-term lunar presence. Since the agency's final Apollo mission in 1972, this will be the first time NASA or anybody else has sent humans to the moon's surface.

The Orion spacecraft will go well past the moon on its first trip, before returning to Earth and testing the technology that will one day carry humans.

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