Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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NASA's Artemis 2 mission to the Moon will have to wait at least another month before launch day. During a fueling demonstration that culminated on Monday, Feb. 2, teams ran into unacceptable leaks while loading liquid hydrogen onto the core stage of the Space Launch System rocket.

As a result of this and other challenges that cropped up during the wet dress rehearsal tanking test, NASA decided to push the flight to no earlier than March 2026.

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