NASA’s next moon mission faces new setback — launch delayed by a month
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NASA has delayed its Artemis II moon mission launch to April after a helium flow issue, marking the second setback in the crew’s quarantine.
NASA’s planned mission to return humans to the moon will be delayed again after engineers discovered an interrupted flow of helium to the Artemis II Space Launch System rocket’s interim cryogenic propulsion stage.
This is the second time the astronauts’ two-week quarantine has been interrupted because of a mechanical issue. NASA announced last week that the launch could occur as soon as March 6.
The agency now targets an April launch.
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NASA plans to roll Artemis II and its Orion spacecraft off the launch pad Wednesday. The four-mile move to the Vehicle Assembly Building is expected to take about 12 hours.
