NASA, Artemis and Launch Pad 39-B
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NASA is already walking back its Friday announcement that it will try to launch to the moon in March, after discovering a new problem with the Artemis II rocket. Officials said they're eyeing Tuesday, Feb. 24, to haul the rocket off the launchpad.
NASA reviews a helium flow issue in the Artemis II upper stage while preparing for a possible rollback to the Vehicle Assembly Building ahead of the March launch window.
NASA is taking steps to potentially roll back the Artemis II rocket and Orion spacecraft to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida after overnight Feb. 21 observing interrupted flow of helium to the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket’s interim cryogenic propulsion stage.