NASA delays Artemis II moon launch
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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.
With the federal government shutdown, some services are unavailable, and federal employees are furloughed. That includes 15,000 employees at NASA - though astronauts at the International Space Station are still working. Those at the ISS are doing work that ...
NASA’s rehearsal for Artemis II marks one of the final steps before four astronauts get launched into deep space for the first time since the Apollo program ended.