Hydrogen leak delays NASA's Artemis II launch into March
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NASA has postponed Artemis II to March after a two-day wet dress rehearsal detected hydrogen leaks in the Space Launch System and a valve issue on the Orion capsule; the crew—Christina Koch, Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman, and Jeremy Hansen—remain in quarantine as NASA reviews data, delaying the first crewed lunar around-trip since Artemis I and paving the way for Artemis III. The mission would loop around the Moon on a ~685,000-mile journey, with Hansen potentially becoming the first non-US astronaut beyond low Earth orbit.
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