A dress rehearsal countdown for NASA’s Artemis II moon rocket, intended to clear the way for a possible February launch, ran into a variety of problems and ultimately was called off early Tuesday because of an out-of-limits hydrogen leak. Shortly after, NASA announced the long awaited flight to send four astronauts on a trip around the moon, was being delayed to March at the earliest.
“With the conclusion of the wet dress rehearsal today, we are moving off the February launch window and targeting March for the earliest possible launch of Artemis II,” NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said in a post on X.
“We fully anticipated encountering challenges,” he said. “That is precisely why we conduct a wet dress rehearsal. These tests are designed to surface issues before flight and set up launch day with the highest probability of success.”
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