NASA has finished a crucial step toward getting its Artemis II moon mission off the ground, and is now targeting early April to send four astronauts on an unprecedented path.

NASA will soon give it another go on April Fools' Day. On Thursday, NASA said it's targeting April 1 at 6:24 PM ET for the Artemis II mission's next launch attempt. In case that date doesn't pan out,

The Artemis II mission will be the first on which this NASA rocket and capsule carry people. The crew will be the first to travel to the moon in more than 50 years.

Nasa says it's on track to launch its Artemis II mission in early April, which will see astronauts fly around the Moon for the first time in more than 50 years. The rocket had been set to blast off in March,

NASA said it plans to roll the Artemis II SLS rocket and Orion capsule back out to the launchpad next week, aiming for a launch in early April.

A six-day launch window opens on April 1 from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The lunar orbital mission would be the first time humans have returned to the moon since Apollo 17 in 1972.

After several delays to the mission that will take four astronauts around the moon, NASA held a press conference today announcing that Artemis II is on track to launch as early as April 1.

NASA has said the April 1 date is the first of potentially four launch opportunities for the twice-delayed return to the moon.