Nasa aims to send astronauts to the moon in March after successful test

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NASA is aiming to launch the Artemis II mission, sending four astronauts to fly around the moon, as early as March 6 from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This follows a successful rocket fueling test, which resolved previous hydrogen leak issues. The test is considered a significant step towards America's return to the lunar environment. The crew, consisting of three Americans and one Canadian, will begin a mandatory two-week health quarantine. NASA has a five-day launch window in March before having to postpone the mission until April. The Artemis II mission is a crucial step in NASA's broader Artemis program focused on lunar exploration.

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The space agency has only five days in March to launch the crew aboard the Space Launch System rocket before standing down until April.

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The three Americans and one Canadian plan to go into the mandatory two-week health quarantine on Friday night.

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Launch teams made “major progress” between the first countdown rehearsal and the second test.

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Nasa aims to send astronauts to the moon in March after acing the latest rocket fuelling test.

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Nasa could launch four astronauts on the Artemis II lunar fly-around as soon as March 6 from Florida’s Kennedy Space Centre.

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Nasa aims to send astronauts to the Moon in March after acing the latest rocket fuelling test.Administrator Jared Isaacman said on Friday that launch teams made “major progress” between the first countdown rehearsal, which was disrupted by hydrogen leaks earlier this month, and the second test, which was completed without significant seepage on Thursday night.The test was “a big step toward America’s return to the lunar environment”, Isaacman said on social media.Nasa could launch four astronauts on the Artemis II lunar fly-around as soon as March 6 from Florida’s Kennedy Space Centre.To keep their options open, the three Americans and one Canadian plan to go into the mandatory two-week health quarantine on Friday night.One of the massive RS-25 engines for Nasa’s Artemis II Space Launch System rocket is displayed near the countdown clock at Kennedy Space Centre in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Friday. Photo: AFPThe space agency has only five days in March to launch the crew aboard the Space Launch System rocket before standing down until April.

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