Trump Skips Artemis II Mention Despite Crew Attending State of the Union

NASA rolls Artemis Moon rocket back to hangar after fresh technical issues

NASA moves its Artemis Space Launch System rocket from Kennedy Space Centre back to the Vehicle Assembly Building after helium system malfunction and hydrogen fuel leaks delay Artemis II mission.

NASA Moon Rocket Rolls Back for More Repairs

NASA began moving its moon rocket off the launch pad and back to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at the Kennedy Space Center on Feb. 25, the latest in a series of delays for Artemis II’s upcoming lunar mission. The rocket’s 12-hour crawl back served as a visual confirmation that the launch could no longer take place in early March. It also put the next available launch window, the first week of April, into question. “The quick work to begin …

SLS rocket hauled back to VAB for repairs

NASA’s crawler-transporter 2, carrying NASA’s Artemis 2 SLS (Space Launch System) rocket with the Orion spacecraft secured to mobile launcher 1, rolls back Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, to the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to troubleshoot the flow of helium to the rocket’s upper stage, the interim cryogenic propulsion stage. Once complete, the SLS rocket will roll back to Launch Complex 39B to prepare to launch …

NASA begins rolling Artemis II away from launch pad for repairs as moon mission is pushed back

Engineers over the weekend found helium flow was disrupted in one of the rockets. Now, Artemis II is making the 4-mile, 12-hour journey back to the Kennedy Space Center’s Vehicle Assembly Building.

Artemis 2 Crew Watches as Trump Snubs Moon Mission in State of the Union Address

During the record-long speech, the President made no mention of NASA's most important crewed mission since the Apollo era, even though the astronauts were in the audience.