NASA Artemis II launch date pushed back
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The buzz is building for NASA’s Artemis II mission that will send four astronauts on a 10-day voyage around the moon. The highly anticipated endeavor will be the first crewed moon-bound flight since the final Apollo mission way back in 1972.
With the wet dress rehearsal, essentially a critical fueling test of the Artemis 2 Space Launch System moon rocket, now back on Feb. 2, NASA said in a statement that it can no longer target Feb. 6 or Feb. 7, the first two days of its launch window. The Artemis 2 launch window originally ran from Feb. 6 to Feb. 10.
NASA has begun a two-day practice countdown for its first moonshot with astronauts in 53 years CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA began a two-day practice countdown Saturday leading up to the fueling of its new moon rocket,
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