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NASA targets March for first moon mission by Artemis astronauts after fueling test success
- 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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In early March, the American space agency NASA plans to send four astronauts into lunar orbit. This is intended to be the prelude to the first human moon landing since 1972.
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The US space agency NASA plans to send astronauts to the moon in March after the latest successful tests with rocket fuel loading, officials announced today, two weeks before the first targeted launch opportunity on March 6.
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NASA announced that it was planning to launch this mission on 6 March, during which astronauts will fly around the Moon.
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