NASA delays Artemis II moon launch
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NASA is providing a 24/7 live feed of the Space Launch System rocket on the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
On Monday, after rolling the SLS rocket to be used for the Artemis II mission to the pad in January, NASA attempted its first wet-dress test with this new vehicle. At one of the main interfaces where liquid hydrogen enters the vehicle, a leak developed, not dissimilar to problems that occurred with the Artemis I rocket three years ago.
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NASA scrubs moon crew launch to March after hydrogen leak chaos
NASA’s first crewed return to the vicinity of the Moon in more than half a century has slipped again, this time from an early February target to a no-earlier-than March launch window, after a hydrogen leak disrupted a critical fueling test.
NASA, which has waited more than 50 years to launch another human moon mission, will wait at least another month. Here's the latest on Artemis 2.