NASA Artemis II launch date pushed back
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NASA Artemis rocket booster suffers alarming anomaly in key test
The latest test of a next-generation rocket booster for NASA’s Artemis moon program ended with a violent structural failure, abruptly cutting short what was supposed to be a carefully choreographed demonstration of future launch hardware.
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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.
The Artemis II mission, which will send four astronauts around the moon, is currently on the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center. Like Challenger four decades ago, the rocket is facing freezing temperatures,