New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- The countdown for the rehearsal for NASA's much-awaited Moon mission has begun. The US space agency will soon be conducting the "Wet Dress Rehearsal" for its Artemis II programme.

NASA plans to fuel the Artemis II Moon rocket on Monday, February 2, at Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. The agency said the countdown clock began at 8:13 pm EST, 40 minutes before the opening of a simulated launch window at 9 pm on Monday, February 2.

"The countdown for the Artemis II wet dress rehearsal is underway at NASA's Kennedy Space Centre in Florida," NASA said in a statement released on Saturday, January 31.

The test is expected to last until approximately 1 AM on February 3.

During the Wet Dress Rehearsal, teams will fuel the ...