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NASA Rolls Artemis II Rocket Back to Hangar After Helium Leak Delays Launch

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•Engineers discovered a helium leak in the upper stage of the SLS rocket, forcing NASA to roll the vehicle back to its hangar for repairs.
•The earliest projected launch date for Artemis II has been pushed to at least April 1, according to reports.
•The mission aims to send four astronauts on a flyby around the moon, the first crewed lunar mission since the Apollo era.
•NASA has described the planned Orion spacecraft journey as the farthest humans have ever traveled, according to Dezeen.
•The delay is the latest in a series of technical setbacks affecting the Artemis II mission timeline.

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