"When NASA workers first tested out fueling the rocket earlier this month, they encountered problems like a liquid hydrogen leak. Swapping out some seals and other work seems to have fixed these issues, according to officials who say that the latest countdown dress rehearsal went smoothly, despite glitches such as a loss of ground communications in the Launch Control Center that forced workers to temporarily use backups."
"NASA could launch four astronauts on a mission to fly around the moon as soon as March 6th. That's the launch date that the space agency is now working towards following a successful test fueling of its big, 322-foot-tall moon rocket, which is standing on a launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. "This is really getting real," says Lori Glaze, acting associate administrator of NASA's exploration systems development mission directorate. "It's time to get serious and start getting excited.""
NASA is targeting March 6 for the Artemis II mission, which will carry four astronauts on an approximately 600,000-mile trip around the moon and back. Successful recent test fueling of the 322-foot-tall moon rocket encountered a liquid hydrogen leak that appears fixed after seals were swapped and additional work. A recent countdown dress rehearsal went smoothly despite a loss of ground communications that required backup systems. Crew members are entering a roughly two-week quarantine to reduce illness risk. Officials plan an extensive, multi-day flight readiness review to confirm all aspects are ready before launch.
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