NASA Hopes Fuel Leaks Are Fixed
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Has NASA quietly set a new prelaunch test date for Artemis?
NASA has confirmed a new target date for the second Artemis II wet dress rehearsal, setting Thursday, February 19, 2026, as tanking day for the Space Launch System rocket at Kennedy Space Center. The announcement follows weeks of troubleshooting after the first rehearsal was cut short by a liquid hydrogen leak,
In response to a query from Ars about the engine test anomalies, Rocket Lab Chief Executive Officer Pete Beck downplayed concerns.
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA's Artemis II Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft are rolled out to Launch Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida ahead of a crewed lunar mission (Miguel J.
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SpaceX veteran claims he cracked the code to make rocket fuel from water
A former SpaceX engineer says he has solved the long-standing engineering problems that have kept water-based rocket propulsion from scaling beyond small satellites. The claim arrives against a backdrop of real,
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.
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.