{"id":303619,"date":"2026-02-26T18:56:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T18:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/303619\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T18:56:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T18:56:12","slug":"nasa-artemis-ii-rocket-returns-for-repairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/303619\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Artemis II Rocket Returns for Repairs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft\u00a0for NASA\u2019s Artemis II mission arrived at\u00a0the\u00a0Vehicle Assembly Building from Launch Pad 39B at\u00a0approximately 8\u00a0p.m. EST Feb. 25,\u00a0at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0assembly\u00a0building, technicians will\u00a0troubleshoot the helium flow\u00a0issue to\u00a0the\u00a0rocket\u2019s\u00a0upper stage,\u00a0replace\u00a0batteries on the rocket\u2019s\u00a0upper stage, core stage, and solid rocket boosters as well as service\u00a0its\u00a0flight termination system.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/17c9ae8c3df1bfbae89a3f09f23caa1a4e9e7ccee32a478d2371dad23800d628.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>February 25, 2026 8:50PM<\/p>\n<p>More from Missions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft\u00a0for NASA\u2019s Artemis II mission arrived at\u00a0the\u00a0Vehicle Assembly Building from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":303620,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[14504,28233,13805,14351,111,139,69,16886,147,392,16887],"class_list":["post-303619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-artemis-2","tag-exploration-ground-systems","tag-kennedy-space-center","tag-missions","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-orion-multi-purpose-crew-vehicle","tag-science","tag-space","tag-space-launch-system-sls"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=303619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303619\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/303620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=303619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=303619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}