NASA says Artemis 2 could launch as soon as Apr. 1
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The launch of NASA's historic Artemis 2 moon mission slipped another month after ground teams uncovered issues with the massive rocket that will launch the four astronauts on their way. The delay, the latest in the U.S. space agency's campaign to return ...
NASA moved quickly to tap United Launch Alliance to help fill in the blank the agency created when it decided to alter its Artemis program’s future launches.
At the core of Isaacman’s concerns is the low flight rate of the SLS rocket and Artemis missions. During past exploration missions, from Mercury through Gemini, Apollo, and the Space Shuttle program, NASA has launched humans on average about once every three months. It has been nearly 3.5 years since Artemis I launched.