{"id":490354,"date":"2026-02-25T22:01:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T22:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/490354\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T22:01:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T22:01:08","slug":"nasa-moves-artemis-moon-rocket-off-the-launch-pad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/490354\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA moves Artemis moon rocket off the launch pad"},"content":{"rendered":"

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) \u2014 NASA moved its grounded Artemis moon rocket<\/a> from the launch pad back to its hangar Wednesday for more repairs. <\/p>\n

The slow-motion trek at Florida\u2019s Kennedy Space Center was expected to take all day. The 322-foot (98-meter) Space Launch System rocket<\/a> had spent a month at the pad ready for potential liftoff, but encountered a series of problems serious enough to require a return to the Vehicle Assembly Building, about 4 miles (6.4 kilometers) away.<\/p>\n

Managers ordered the rollback over the weekend after the rocket\u2019s helium pressurization system malfunctioned. Already delayed a month by hydrogen fuel leaks, the launch team had been targeting March for astronauts\u2019 first trip to the moon in decades. But now the Artemis II lunar fly-around by a U.S.-Canadian crew is off until at least April.<\/p>\n

All four astronauts were at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday night for President Donald Trump\u2019s State of the Union<\/a> address as invited guests, since the flight delay means they no longer need to quarantine.<\/p>\n

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