NASA Runs Into Trouble Fueling Up Moon Rocket
Victor Tangermann
created: Feb. 3, 2026, 4:10 p.m. | updated: Feb. 12, 2026, 5:35 a.m.
Late last month, the four daring NASA astronauts who are scheduled to venture around the Moon and back as part of the agency’s historic Artemis 2 mission entered quarantine.
NASA engineers “pushed through several challenges during the two-day test and met many of the planned objectives,” according to the agency.
It’s an unfortunate development, forcing us to once again be patient to see humanity’s historic return to the Moon.
If NASA misses those dates, it could be pushed back to early or late April, according to Space.com — the month NASA was originally targeting before September 2025, when the launch date was pushed up to February.
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