"Nasa said in a blog post on Saturday it is taking steps to potentially roll back the Artemis II rocket launch after discovering an interrupted flow of helium. The agency said it is taking steps to roll the Artemis II rocket and Orion spacecraft back to the vehicle assembly building at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This will almost assuredly impact the March launch window, Nasa said."
"Nasa had said on Friday it was targeting 6 March for the launch of four astronauts around the moon and back as part of its Artemis II mission after successfully completing a fueling test that had caused it to stand down earlier this month. The Artemis II mission's four astronauts, three Americans Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch and one Canadian, Jeremy Hansen, were entering a second period of quarantine on Friday in anticipation of the new target launch date, which Nasa announced"
Nasa observed an interrupted flow of helium in the Space Launch System rocket's interim cryogenic propulsion stage; helium flow is required for launch. Nasa is taking steps to roll Artemis II and the Orion spacecraft back to the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center, a move that will almost assuredly affect the March launch window. Launch preparations had targeted 6 March after a recent fueling test. Artemis II will fly four astronauts on a roughly 10-day lunar flyby, travel about 4,700 miles beyond the far side of the moon, test deep-space systems, and prepare for Artemis III in 2028.
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