• Eastern with additional comments from Isaacman. • WASHINGTON - Just 24 hours after setting a March 6 launch date for the Artemis 2 mission, NASA announced Feb. • 21 that a problem with the Space Launch System upper stage will delay the launch. • In a briefstatement, NASA said it was preparing to roll the SLS back from Launch Complex 39B at the Kennedy Space Center to the Vehicle Assembly Building after engineers found that helium flow in the rocket’s upper stage had been interrupted. • Helium is used to pressurize tanks in the stage, formally known as the Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage. • NASA had not reported any issues with helium flow or tank pressurization during a second wet dress rehearsal that concluded late Feb.

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  • Updated 12:15 p.m. Eastern with additional comments from Isaacman. WASHINGTON - Just 24 hours after setting a March 6 launch date for the Artemis 2 mission, NASA announced Feb. 21 that a problem with the Space Launch System upper stage will delay the launch. In a brief statement, NASA said it was preparing to roll the SLS back from Launch Complex 39B at the Kennedy Space Center to the Vehicle Assembly Building after engineers found that helium flow in the rocket’s upper stage had been interrupted. Helium is used to pressurize tanks in the stage, formally known as the Interim Cryogenic Propulsi

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