NASA delays Artemis II launch
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NASA chief flies over Artemis 2 moon rocket | Space photo of the day for Feb. 5, 2025
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman took Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth for a ride over the Artemis 2 launch pad recently.
NASA announced the news Tuesday, shortly after the critical fueling test ended at Kennedy Space Center. Until the exasperating hydrogen leaks, the space agency had been targeting as soon as this weekend for humanity's first trip to the moon in more than half a century.
NASA's giant new moon rocket is on its way to the launch pad. The 322-foot Space Launch System rocket began its 1 mph creep from Kennedy Space Center's Vehicle Assembly Building on Saturday morning.
As NASA prepares to send astronauts around the moon, a critical dress rehearsal on Monday will reveal whether its rocket is truly ready to fly.
NASA Glenn Research Center and the Neil Armstrong Test Facility are continuing their mission-critical space research, with about 600 fewer employees compared to one year ago.
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