dress rehearsal
noun
1
: a full rehearsal (as of a play) in costume and with stage properties shortly before the first performance
2
: a practice exercise for something to come : dry run
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The dress rehearsal, also known as a countdown demonstration test, simulated the launch day timeline, including the astronauts suiting up in spacesuits, a walkout and getting in and out of their Orion spacecraft, according to a NASA statement.
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Andrew Jones, Space.com, 30 Dec. 2025
The Artemis 2 crew strapped into the Orion Saturday for a dress rehearsal countdown.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 21 Dec. 2025
The vehicle will then undergo static fire tests and a wet dress rehearsal before launch.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 12 Dec. 2025
As a kid, I was ensorcelled by The American President, Sorkin’s 1995 film, the dress rehearsal for The West Wing four years later, and the beginning of his lifelong flirtation with civic virtue — and, inadvertently, my profession studying presidents.
—Alexis Coe, Rolling Stone, 16 Nov. 2025
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Andrew Jones, Space.com, 30 Dec. 2025
The Artemis 2 crew strapped into the Orion Saturday for a dress rehearsal countdown.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 21 Dec. 2025
The vehicle will then undergo static fire tests and a wet dress rehearsal before launch.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 12 Dec. 2025
As a kid, I was ensorcelled by The American President, Sorkin’s 1995 film, the dress rehearsal for The West Wing four years later, and the beginning of his lifelong flirtation with civic virtue — and, inadvertently, my profession studying presidents.
—Alexis Coe, Rolling Stone, 16 Nov. 2025
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“Dress rehearsal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dress%20rehearsal. Accessed 3 Jan. 2026.
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