NASA delays Artemis II launch
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SpaceX has halted launches for now of its Falcon 9 rockets after an issue from a Monday mission flown from California.
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 team has entered a carefully controlled two-week quarantine as the countdown begins for their journey to the International Space Station. The four astronauts—representing NASA, the European Space Agency,
SpaceX halted Falcon 9 launches for a week while it investigated that issue, which was traced to a fuel leak in one of the booster's nine Merlin engines. This leak led to a fire shortly after touchdown, which weakened a landing leg and caused the vehicle to tip over.
NASA officials have outlined possible Cape Canaveral launch timing scenarios for the Artemis II moon astronauts and the ISS-bound Crew-12 astronauts.
SpaceX launches from the Cape may have to wait, as a Monday SpaceX launch out of California experienced a second stage malfunction.
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NASA and SpaceX move up launch of Crew-12 astronauts to Feb. 11 as relief crew after ISS medical evacuation
NASA and SpaceX are proceeding ahead of schedule with their next astronaut launch to the International Space Station, which is currently operating with a skeleton crew.
NASA’s first crewed lunar mission in more than 50 years won’t be getting underway this month after all. It had been targeting February 6 for the launch of the much-anticipated Artemis II mission that will take four astronauts on a flight around the moon,
Crew-12 is scheduled to launch no earlier than 6 a.m. EST Wednesday, February 11, from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Additional launch opportunities are available at 5:38 a.m. EST on Thursday, February 12, and 5:15 a.m. EST on Friday, February 13.