NASA To Fuel Artemis 1 Moon Rocket In June As Launch Slips To August

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NASA will take its fourth crack at fueling up its Artemis 1 moon rocket in June that, if all goes according to plan, could set the stage for its first launch in August

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The Artemis 1 Stack A huge Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with an Orion crew capsule on top

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Rolled Out To Pad 39B At NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida in mid-March for its "wet dress rehearsal," a crucial series of tests that includes fueling up the SLS.

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The Wet Dress Began On April 1 and was supposed to wrap up two days later. But the Artemis 1 team encountered several problems

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Including A Stuck Valve On The Mobile launch tower and a hydrogen leak in one of the "umbilical" lines, which delayed and ultimately halted the wet dress after three fueling attempts.

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If All Goes Well With Artemis 1 Artemis 2 will send astronauts around the moon in 2024 and Artemis 3 will land a crew near the lunar south pole

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NASA to Send Nude Pictures of Humans Into Space To Attract Aliens

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