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NASA targets March for first moon mission by Artemis astronauts after fueling test success
Technicians fixed hydrogen leaks by replacing seals, enabling a nearly flawless fueling test and setting the earliest Artemis II launch for March 6, NASA said.
- 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 Targets March 6 for Moon Launch After Successful Dress Rehearsal
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—The initial results of NASA’s second launch-day dress rehearsal of the Artemis II manned flight around the moon gave mission leaders the confidence to target March 6 as the earliest possible launch date. The confirmation was given by Lori Glaze, manager of NASA’s Moon to Mars program, at a post-dress-rehearsal press conference at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center. She also confirmed that the Artemis II crew—NASA astronauts Reid…
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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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