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Unseasonably cold weather in Florida has forced NASA to scrub a key rehearsal for the Artemis II mission, delaying preparations for the agency’s most anticipated rocket launch in years.

The towering rocket NASA will use to help propel four astronauts on a historic trip around the moon is vertical on the launch pad, and you can see it anytime.

NASA is just days away from its first chance to launch Artemis 2, the first astronaut mission to the moon since 1972, and will attempt a critical test for the lunar flight on Monday, Feb. 2.