NASA, Artemis and the rocket
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NASA on Sunday (Sept. 22) announced that the space agency will roll its massive Artemis 2 moon rocket to fix a helium system glitch on the massive booster.
Fixing the Space Launch System rocket's helium pressurization problem has pushed the Artemis II launch to at least April 1.
NASA's towering Space Launch System rocket will be rolled back off the launch pad for repairs, delaying the Artemis 2 launch to April.
To fix the problem, NASA has to roll SLS and the stacked Orion spacecraft back to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Weather permitting, teams will begin the rollback process on Tuesday, according to a Sunday update.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – Grounded until at least April, NASA's giant Moon rocket is headed back to the hangar this week for more repairs before astronauts climb aboard. The space agency said Sunday it's targeting Tuesday for the slow, 4-mile (6.4-kilometer) trek across Kennedy Space Center, weather permitting.
American space agency NASA said the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the Orion spacecraft of Artemis II are now back in the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB).
NASA’s efforts to get the Artemis II mission off the ground have stalled once again, as engineers navigate a new issue with the rocket set to launch four astronauts around the moon.