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NASA delays Artemis II launch to March

NASA scrubs moon crew launch to March after hydrogen leak chaos

NASA’s first crewed return to the vicinity of the Moon in more than half a century has slipped again, this time from an early February target to a no-earlier-than March launch window, after a hydrogen leak disrupted a critical fueling test.

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Hydrogen fuel leak forces NASA to delay Artemis 2 launch until early March

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NASA delays Artemis II moon launch after issues during rehearsal

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Artemis II moon launch postponed until March

NASA’s Artemis II mission to return to the moon has been postponed by at least a month.

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Former NASA astronaut speaks on critical Artemis II moon rehearsal

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Artemis II Launch Delayed After Wet Dress Rehearsal | Feb. 3, 2026 | News 19 at 4 p.m.

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NASA finally acknowledges the elephant in the room with the SLS rocket

On Monday, after rolling the SLS rocket to be used for the Artemis II mission to the pad in January, NASA attempted its first wet-dress test with this new vehicle. At one of the main interfaces where liquid hydrogen enters the vehicle, a leak developed, not dissimilar to problems that occurred with the Artemis I rocket three years ago.

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Artemis 2 SLS wet dress rehearsal latest news: NASA prepares to load propellant in critical fueling test

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.