NASA delays Artemis moon mission after finding fuel leaks in test run
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NASA Artemis II moon mission delayed to March due to fuel leaks during testing. The crewed mission aims to carry astronauts around the moon for the first time in over 50 years.
Greg Norman is a reporter at Fox News Digital.
"NASA concluded a wet dress rehearsal for the agency’s Artemis II test flight early Tuesday morning, successfully loading cryogenic propellant into the SLS (Space Launch System) tanks, sending a team out to the launch pad to closeout [the] Orion [spacecraft], and safely draining the rocket. The wet dress rehearsal was a prelaunch test to fuel the rocket, designed to identify any issues and resolve them before attempting a launch," NASA said.
"Engineers pushed through several challenges during the two-day test and met many of the planned objectives. To allow teams to review data and conduct a second wet dress rehearsal, NASA now will target March as the earliest possible launch opportunity for the flight test," it added.
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