NASA officials said Thursday that Artemis II remains on track for an early April launch after the agency completed its flight readiness review. The milestone clears another major step for the first crewed mission around the moon in more than 50 years.

Teams polled “go” for launch during the review. Mission managers identified April 1 as the first launch opportunity and added April 2 as another possible date.

During the briefing, officials said teams still must finish some work before rollout to the launch pad. Even so, they expressed confidence in both the rocket and the spacecraft after recent repairs inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center.

NASA plans to send four astronauts around the moon and back to Earth on the roughly 10-day Artemis II mission. The flight will mark the first crewed mission for the Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft.

Acting Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate leader Lori Glaze said the review focused heavily on launch risk, mission readiness and the work still needed before liftoff.

“At the conclusion of the flight readiness review, all the teams polled go to launch and fly Artemis II around the moon,” Glaze said, while noting that crews still must complete final work before rollout and launch.

Much of the briefing focused on how NASA is evaluating risk for a mission that will carry astronauts far beyond low Earth orbit. Mission management team chair John Honeycutt warned reporters not to reduce Artemis II to a single probability figure, but he acknowledged the challenge of measuring risk with a new rocket system.

“If you look at the data over time, over the lifespan of just building new rockets, right, the data would show you that one out of two is successful,” Honeycutt said.

He added that Artemis II stands in a stronger position than that historical comparison suggests. He said teams have spent months identifying risk, reducing it and building safeguards across the system.

NASA officials also said they do not plan another wet dress rehearsal before launch. Instead, crews will fully tank the vehicle for the next time during the actual launch attempt.

Managers said that decision reflects confidence in recent fixes and the remaining launch schedule. If Artemis II launches on time, it will become NASA’s first crewed lunar mission since Apollo 17 in 1972.