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NASA postpones Artemis II Moon mission to March over hydrogen leak during fuelling test

NASA postpones Artemis II Moon mission to March over hydrogen leak during fuelling test

New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) NASA has postponed the ambitious Artemis II mission to the Moon to March after detecting a hydrogen leak during a key fuelling test. The mission to launch a team of four astronauts on a journey around the Moon from Kennedy Space Center in Florida was initially targetted for February 6. It was later delayed to February 8 due to cold weather conditions with winds moving through Florida. “With the conclusion of the wet dress rehearsal today, we are moving off the February launch window and targeting March for the earliest possible launch of Artemis II,”…
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