NASA delays moon rocket launch by a month
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NASA's wet dress rehearsal did not go as smoothly as planned. As a result, the Artemis II launch is now no earlier than March 6. Here's what we know.
NASA is now targeting a launch in March 2026 for its Artemis II mission, the first crewed flight around the moon in more than 50 years, after a critical fueling test at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida revealed challenges delaying liftoff beyond the previously planned February launch window.
After pre-launch testing revealed rocket issues, NASA has delayed the Artemis II launch until March. Here's the latest.
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NASA is preparing for simulated launch of Artemis II mega moon rocket — and it could happen as early as Saturday
NASA has announced it will fuel the Artemis II rocket as part of a simulated launch that will take place as early as Saturday (Jan. 31).
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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.
The Artemis 2 moon mission's SLS rocket is on the pad at Kennedy Space Center for testing ahead of a possible Feb. 6 launch, and you can watch it 24/7 via this livestream.
NASA officials have outlined possible Cape Canaveral launch timing scenarios for the Artemis II moon astronauts and the ISS-bound Crew-12 astronauts.
The convergence of the Artemis II and Crew-12 launch schedules adds another layer of importance to Monday’s countdown test at Kennedy Space Center. For the first time since the 1960s, NASA has separate astronaut crews simultaneously in preflight quarantine, a routine measure to prevent crew members from flying to space with an illness.
The agency did not complete a practice countdown for a mission that would be the first to send people around the moon in more than 50 years.
NASA is preparing to launch its latest Artemis mission as a narrow launch window opens following delays caused by extreme cold weather. The US space agency has only a few days each month to send
NASA completed the Artemis II wet dress rehearsal and is reviewing test data after fueling challenges, with March identified as the earliest possible launch opportunity.
NASA’s first crewed lunar mission in more than 50 years won’t be getting underway this month after all. It had been targeting February 6 for the launch of the much-anticipated Artemis II mission that will take four astronauts on a flight around the moon,