NASA, Artemis and March
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NASA began a two-day practice countdown Saturday leading up to the fueling of its new moon rocket, a crucial test that will determine when four astronauts blast off on a lunar flyby. Already in quarantine to avoid germs,
The first Artemis moonshot with a crew is now targeted for no earlier than Feb. 8, two days later than planned.
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NASA Launch Rehearsal Underway After Being Delayed By Cold Florida Weather
As NASA prepares for the launch of its Artemis II mission, record-breaking cold and freeze warnings along Florida’s Space Coast are turning the historic journey to the moon into a race against the weather.
NASA officials have outlined possible Cape Canaveral launch timing scenarios for the Artemis II moon astronauts and the ISS-bound Crew-12 astronauts.
NASA is moving fast to blast off to the moon with help from the chair of the UND Space Studies program. Dr. Pablo De Leon is once again down at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission is one of NASA’s first returns to the moon since December 1972.
NASA on Friday pushed back the earliest date that astronauts could fly to the Moon, due to forecasts of freezing temperatures at the Florida launch site. The earliest window for the moonshot will now be February 8, two days later than originally scheduled.