NASA moon rocket hits new problem, delays trip to Apr.

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NASA's moon rocket hit by new problem expected to bump flight to April
The Artemis II mission aims to send four astronauts​ — Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen — on a flight around the far side of the moon and back.

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NASA delays astronaut moon mission again after new rocket problem
NASA Artemis 2 Moon Mission Delayed To April After Rocket Issue
NASA may take moon mission Artemis II rocket back to assembly site, affecting March launch window
NASA officials on Friday said the agency was targeting March 6 for the launch of four astronauts around the moon and back as part of its Artemis II mission after overcoming rocket-fueling snags in a s...

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Nasa targets early March launch to send astronauts around the Moon for first time in 50 years
NASA likely to delay Artemis II moon mission launch again due to helium flow problem
NASA eyes March 6 launch of astronaut moon mission after passing key test
The U.S. space agency on Thursday night capped a nearly 50-hour rehearsal of the Artemis II launch countdown, fueling the rocket with some 730,000 gallons of propellant without running into the pesky ...

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NASA plans March 6 launch to send four astronauts around the Moon for the first time in 50 Years
NASA Targets March 6 To Launch 4 Astronauts To The Moon On Artemis II Mission
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NASA preparing for Artemis 2 rollback to fix upper stage problem

Just 24 hours after setting a March 6 launch date for the Artemis 2 mission, NASA announced Feb. 21 that a problem with the rocket could delay the launch.

Stranded astronauts was one of Nasa’s worst ever failures, it says

Spacecraft that left astronauts stranded in space was one of Nasa’s worst ever failures, space agency says -
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NASA Report Reveals the Failures That Left Two Astronauts ‘Stranded’ on the International Space Station

As such, Starliner’s homecoming that September was in autonomous mode and the astronauts remained on the ISS. It wasn’t until March 2025 that the astronauts came back via SpaceX’s Crew-9 mission. Williams retired at the end of 2025.