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NASA delays astronauts' lunar trip until March after hydrogen leaks mar fueling test

NASA's long-awaited moonshot with astronauts is off until at least March because of hydrogen fuel leaks that marred the dress rehearsal of its giant new rocket.

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Artemis II’s lunar mission is delayed to March after problems in NASA’s dress rehearsal

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NASA preparing for Artemis II wet dress rehearsal

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NASA hit by fuel leaks during a practice countdown of the moon rocket that will fly with astronauts

NASA ran into exasperating fuel leaks during a make-or-break test of its new moon rocket Monday, calling into question how soon astronauts could take off for a trip around the moon .

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NASA targets a March launch of the moon rocket after test run reveals fuel leaks

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Former NASA astronaut speaks on critical Artemis II moon rehearsal

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NASA's Artemis II moon mission slips to March

The planned Artemis II crew includes three U.S. astronauts - ⁠Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch - and a Canadian astronaut, Jeremy Hansen.

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Nasa delays moon rocket launch by a month after fuel leaks during test

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NASA delays launch of historic moon mission

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NASA scrambles as Orion’s heat shield glitch forces a total reentry rethink

NASA’s return to crewed lunar flight is now hinging on a slab of material at the bottom of Orion that did not behave the way engineers expected. Instead of a straightforward fix, the agency is reworking how the capsule will slice back through Earth’s atmosphere,

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NASA is about to send people to the moon — in a spacecraft not everyone thinks is safe to fly

As the four-person crew of Artemis II prepares to launch on a historic mission around the moon as soon as February, some experts are worried about the Orion spacecraft’s heat shield.

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How Big Is Artemis II's Orion Capsule? Smaller Than You Might Think

“The Orion Waste Management System (WMS) features a full commode suitable for short to mid-length duration missions, offering both privacy and comfortable means for the astronauts to use the bathroom. It employs a small urine tank that is vented to space and replaceable canisters for solid waste storage,” a technical paper on Orion states.

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NASA's Orion spacecraft snaps a selfie on its journey beyond the far side of the moon

NASA released a selfie taken by the Orion capsule and close-up photos of the moon's crater-marked landscape as the spacecraft continues on the Artemis 1 mission, a 25-and-a-half day journey that will take it more than 40,000 miles beyond the far side of ...

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NASA Launching Orion Spacecraft on Test Flight

NASA's quest to send astronauts out into the solar system begins this week with a two-laps-around-Earth test flight. The new Orion spacecraft is not going to Mars just yet; Thursday's debut will be unmanned and last just 4½ hours. But it will be the ...