[U, X2: Success -- In High Orbit!] We Are (Again) Less Than Two Hours -- From Launch Time... Will The Artemis II Crew Get Their Rocket -- To Circle The Moon? We Shall See...

UPDATE: At the 1:54 mark, the team has identified an issue with the emergency Flight Termination System software. They are seeing unexpected readings, and so the solution is to go pull a piece of hardware that was last used "live" during the Space Shuttle era, and see if it confirms that these readings are nominal -- or okay to go, for flight. Wow. I suspect the window is going to slip a bit. Do stay tuned, to the YouTube Live, below. End updated portion.

The best news so far is that there have been no "call outs" -- or unscheduled holds, either -- relating to tanking / hydrogen leak issues.

And the launch "window" is ample. . . at least two hours -- about two hours, from now (1 hour and 58 minutes, actually) -- or around 6: 20 pm Eastern.

We wish the crew -- and the brilliant working scientists and engineers at NASA. . . all the best.

I will be off grid when the launch window actually opens, but will report, later tonight -- either way. Onward.

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