NASA is progressing a little faster than originally predicted toward a critical fueling test of its Artemis 2 moon rocket.

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.

Teams will be filling the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft with 700,000 gallons of cryogenic propellant during the wet dress rehearsal at KSC’s Launch Pad 39-B that will bring the count...