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NASA Prepares for Artemis II Countdown Rehearsal
NASA postponed the Artemis II wet dress rehearsal due to near-freezing temperatures, reducing February launch chances to three days, with the earliest launch now Feb. 8.
- Saturday, NASA called off a planned fueling test for the 322-foot moon rocket and retargeted the Artemis II launch to no earlier than Feb. 11.
- Because near-freezing temperatures at the launch site forced NASA engineers to use on-pad heaters and adapt rocket-purging systems, operations were adjusted to protect hardware.
- The critical dress rehearsal is now set for Monday, weather permitting, leaving only three days in February to launch four astronauts before orbital timing pushes the launch into March.
- NASA warned Friday that any additional delays would result in a day-for-day schedule change, complicating crew logistics and timing sensitivity.
- The Artemis II mission, NASA's first crewed lunar flight since Apollo 17 in 1972, now plans to fuel the rocket next month amid a tight schedule.
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