NASA will retest Artemis 2 moon rocket
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Launch teams replaced a pair of seals and a clogged filter at the Kennedy Space Center pad where the giant Moon rocket stands, before starting the countdown clocks back up. The two-day test will culminate on Thursday with the attempted fill-up of the rocket's fuel tanks.
The next series of launch opportunities for the Artemis II mission begin March 3. If the mission doesn’t lift off in March, NASA will need to roll the rocket back to the Vehicle Assembly Building to refresh its flight termination system. There are more launch dates available in April and May.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA ran into a leak while fueling its new moon rocket Monday in one final make-or-break test that will determine when astronauts can launch on a lunar fly-around. The launch team began loading the 322-foot (98-meter) rocket ...