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NASA Artemis II launch test set

NASA's Artemis II moon launch off until March at earliest due to issues during testing of rocket

A dress rehearsal countdown for NASA's Artemis II moon rocket, intended to clear the way for a possible February launch, ran into a variety of problems and ultimately was called off early Tuesday beca...

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NASA hit by fuel leaks during a practice countdown of the moon rocket that will fly with astronauts

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Hydrogen fuel leak forces NASA to delay Artemis 2 launch until early March

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Artemis is a throwback to the golden age of lunar exploration

Artemis II, a crewed Nasa mission intended to take astronauts around the Moon and which had been due to lift off after February 8, is a reboot of the legendary Apollo lunar programme of the 1960s and ...

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Former NASA astronaut speaks on critical Artemis II moon rehearsal

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NASA's Artemis II sending crew around the moon

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Nasa delays moon rocket launch by a month after fuel leaks during test

As well as the first return of people to the vicinity of the moon in more than 50 years, Christina Koch and Victor Glover will become the first woman and first person of colour respectively to travel ...

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Nasa delays Artemis II Moon mission - aiming for launch in March

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Artemis 2 Launch Date: NASA Delays Until March After Leaks

NASA begins practice countdown for first moonshot with astronauts in over 50 years

Already in quarantine to avoid germs, Commander Reid Wiseman and his crew will be the first people to launch to the moon since 1972. They will monitor the dress rehearsal from their Houston base before flying to Kennedy Space Center once the rocket is cleared for flight.

NASA's Artemis II countdown rehearsal unfolds amid record cold on Florida's Space Coast

NASA's Artemis II mission reached a critical milestone this week as teams conducted a wet dress rehearsal of the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft during an unusually intense blast of cold air surged across Florida, delivering record-breaking low temperatures to the Sunshine State.

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