• Trending: Apple event on March 4: What to expect Hands-on with Google’s Pixel 10a Tesla drops ‘Autopilot’ upsell in California Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2026 is Feb. • 25 iPhone Fold: All the rumors so far It looks like a March launch is no longer in the cards for Artemis II, NASA’s first crewed trip to the moon’s vicinity since the final Apollo mission over 50 years ago. • While preparations were underway at the Kennedy Space Center fora launch as soon as March 6, thespace agencysays it ran into an issue with the flow of helium to its SLS rocket’s upper stage this weekend and it now has to roll the rocket from the launch pad back to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) to figure out what’s wrong and fix it. • A media briefing is planned for sometime this week to discuss the problem and what’s next. • But in a post on X, NASA AdministratorJared Isaacmanconfirmed the rollback will “take the March launch window out of consideration.” NASA noted on its blog that the current effort “potentially preserves the April launch window, pending the outcome of data findings, repair efforts, and how the schedule comes to fruition in the coming days and weeks.” It’s a four-mile trip back to the VAB that will take hours to carefully transport the massive rocket and the Orion spacecraft. • NASA says it’s eyeing February 24 for this trek.
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- NASA has postponed the Artemis II crewed launch again after discovering a helium‑flow problem in the Space Launch System’s upper stage. The issue, identified overnight on February 21, prevented proper pressurization of the stage’s liquid hydrogen and oxygen tanks. As a result, the SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft were rolled back from the launch pad to the Vehicle Assembly Building for repairs, a move that eliminates the March launch window. NASA’s administrator confirmed the rollback will “take the March launch window out of consideration,” while the agency notes the April window may still be viable pending successful repairs and data analysis.
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