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NASA Delays Artemis Mission to Moon because of Extreme Cold at the Launch Site
NASA postponed Artemis II fueling test due to Arctic weather; earliest launch now Feb. 8, with four astronauts set for a 10-day lunar orbit mission.
- NASA moved the Artemis II wet dress rehearsal at Kennedy Space Center due to cold and windy weather after monitoring conditions for several days.
- NASA says the change reflects strict temperature rules requiring outside temperatures not to fall below 40 degrees for 30 minutes and an average above 41, per Artemis II weather guidelines.
- For the wet dress rehearsal, ground teams will load propellant and run a practice countdown at the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center, fueling the Space Launch System rocket with 700,000 gallons of cryogenic propellants.
- As a result, the delay moves the earliest launch slot to Sunday, Feb. 8, and the Artemis II crew remains in Johnson Space Center quarantine while mission managers assess their arrival timeline.
- Artemis II will send three American astronauts and one Canadian astronaut on a 10-day lunar flyby, marking the first crewed flight beyond low Earth orbit in over 50 years with the Orion capsule traveling about 4,700 miles beyond the far side of the moon.
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