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NASA targets March for first moon mission by Artemis astronauts after fueling test success
NASA resolved hydrogen leaks by replacing seals and completed a critical fueling test, enabling a narrow five-day launch window for Artemis II's crewed moon flyby mission.
- On Friday, NASA said it could launch four astronauts on the Artemis II lunar fly-around as soon as March 6 from Florida's Kennedy Space Center after a successful rocket fueling test.
- After earlier hydrogen leaks, launch teams reported major progress between a disrupted first rehearsal and a second test without significant seepage Thursday after technicians replaced two seals.
- The countdown clocks hit the 29-second mark during the second rehearsal, while Commander Reid Wiseman and two of his crew monitored Thursday's operation alongside launch controllers.
- With a narrow March window, NASA must complete remaining checks including a flight readiness review, and the space agency has only five days in March to launch the crew aboard the Space Launch System rocket before standing down until April.
- The astronauts would be the first since Apollo 17 in 1972 to fly to the moon, and the three Americans and one Canadian will begin a mandatory two-week health quarantine Friday night.
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NASA eyes March 6 to launch 4 astronauts to the moon on Artemis II mission
NASA could launch four astronauts on a mission to fly around the moon as soon as March 6th.That’s the launch date that the space agency is now working towards following a successful test fueling of its big, 322-foot-tall moon rocket, which is standing on a launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.“This is really getting real,” says Lori Glaze, acting associate administrator of NASA’s exploration systems development mission directorate. …
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