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NASA has begun another practice launch countdown for its first moonshot in decades with astronauts. The first test was halted two weeks ago by dangerous hydrogen fuel leaks, bumping the flight from February into March.
NASA’s first crewed moon mission in decades was delayed as its engineers grapple with an all-too-familiar rocket problem: hydrogen leaks. Fixing the issue is even trickier than it may seem.
February may be the shortest month of the year, but it is packed with celestial events, according to a new skywatching update from NASA.
NASA has run into exasperating fuel leaks in a make-or-break test of the moon rocket that's supposed to send astronauts on a lunar fly-around.
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NASA fixes dangerous hydrogen leak and clears key hurdle for Artemis II moon crew
NASA has finally brought a stubborn hydrogen leak on its new Moon rocket under control, removing one of the last major technical risks before four astronauts climb aboard for the first crewed lunar voyage in more than 50 years.
As of Tuesday, Feb. 17, the Moon phase is New Moon. According to NASA's Daily Moon Guide, 0% of the Moon will be lit up tonight. The next Full Moon will be on March 3. The last Full Moon was on Feb. 1.
That will be a partial solar eclipse where the moon will block 70% of the sun from view. A rare planetary parade will march across the sky on Saturday, Feb. 28, according to NASA. Venus, Mercury, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune will appear above Idaho shortly after sunset, the space agency said.
See beautiful photos of February's full Snow Moon captured worldwide.