NASA moves Artemis 2 launch to Mar.
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NASA has run into exasperating fuel leaks in a make-or-break test of the moon rocket that's supposed to send astronauts on a lunar fly-around.
On Monday, after rolling the SLS rocket to be used for the Artemis II mission to the pad in January, NASA attempted its first wet-dress test with this new vehicle. At one of the main interfaces where liquid hydrogen enters the vehicle, a leak developed, not dissimilar to problems that occurred with the Artemis I rocket three years ago.
Both crew members exited safely after NASA's WB-57 research plane made an emergency belly landing in Houston following landing gear failure.
NASA's Suni Williams — one of two astronauts stuck for months at the International Space Station — has retired.