NASA Delays Moon Mission Launch After Hydrogen Leaks During Test
The Artemis II mission at Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on February 1.
Photographer: Miguel J. Rodriguez/AFP/Getty ImagesNASA is pushing the proposed launch date for its Artemis II lunar mission back to at least March after finding a hydrogen leak during a major fueling test.
The agency is delaying the liftoff to allow teams to review data and conduct a second test, which it calls a wet dress rehearsal. The crew — NASA’s Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch, and the Canadian Space Agency’s Jeremy Hansen — will be released from quarantine, which they entered in Houston on Jan. 21.