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NASA rules out launch of Artemis 1 moon rocket before mid-November

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NASA’s Space Launch System moon rocket rolls into High Bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building on Sept. 27 to take shelter from Hurricane Ian. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky NASA said Friday that officials have ruled out launching the agency’s first giant Space Launch System moon rocket and Orion spacecraft before mid-November, following the rocket’s return …

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NASA waves off Tuesday launch for Artemis moon rocket

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STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION NASA’s Artemis 1 moon rocket on pad 39B. Credit: Spaceflight Now Faced with stormy weather ahead of soon-to-be Hurricane Ian, NASA managers Saturday ruled out a third attempt to launch the Artemis 1 moon rocket Tuesday but held open the option of making a run at blastoff on …

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NASA completes cryogenic tanking test on Artemis 1 moon rocket

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Vapors stream away from NASA’s Space Launch System moon rocket during a cryogenic tanking test Wednesday. Credit: NASA Engineers filled up the Artemis 1 moon rocket with more than 750,000 gallons of super-cold propellants in a tanking test Wednesday at Kennedy Space Center after troubleshooting a persistent hydrogen leak. NASA’s launch director said she was …

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NASA preps for SLS fueling test Wednesday

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STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION NASA’s Space Launch System moon rocket stands on pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center on Sept. 18. Credit: Stephen Clark / Spaceflight Now Engineers are ready to reload NASA’s Artemis moon rocket with supercold fuel Wednesday to make sure a repaired liquid hydrogen quick-disconnect fitting is leak free, …

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NASA officials evaluating late September launch dates for Artemis 1 moon mission

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NASA’s Space Launch System moon rocket on pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center on Aug. 30. Credit: NASA/Eric Bordelon NASA officials said Thursday they hope to try again to launch the Artemis 1 moon rocket from the Kennedy Space Center as soon as Sept. 23 or 27, but that schedule comes with two big …

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Hydrogen leak delays moonshot by at least several weeks

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STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION NASA’s Space Launch System moon rocket on Launch Complex 39B on Saturday, following a scrubbed launch attempt due to a hydrogen leak. Credit: NASA NASA’s star-crossed Space Launch System moon rocket was grounded for the second time in five days Saturday, this time by a large hydrogen leak …

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Lunar demo mission to provide “stress test” for NASA’s Artemis moon program

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NASA’s Orion spacecraft, with its European service module, on top of the Space Launch System moon rocket. Credit: Stephen Clark / Spaceflight Now The first unpiloted mission for NASA’s Artemis moon program aims to prove out the most powerful rocket to ever launch from U.S. soil, and test the function of a human-rated spacecraft traveling …

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Italian microsatellite promises orbital photo bonanza after Artemis 1 launch

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Artist’s illustration of the ArgoMoon spacecraft with the SLS moon rocket’s interim cryogenic propulsion stage. Credit: ASI Italian engineers are expecting a series of spectacular photos from a tiny satellite that will be released to fly in sync with the interim cryogenic propulsion stage that propels the Orion capsule and European service module to the …

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Giant solar sail will propel tiny spacecraft to intercept and study asteroid

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Artist’s concept of the NEA Scout mission, powered by aa solar sail, approaching an asteroid. Credit: NASA Catching a ride on Artemis 1 is a miniaturized CubeSat called NEA Scout that will use a thin, aluminum-coated solar sail about the size of a tennis court to propel it towards the smallest asteroid ever to be …

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NASA targets Saturday for next moon rocket launch attempt

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STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION NASA’s Space Launch System moon rocket on pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center. Credit: NASA/Sam Lott NASA will make a second attempt to launch the agency’s giant Space Launch System rocket Saturday on a delayed test flight to send an unpiloted Orion crew capsule on a flight …

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