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NASA officials held a teleconference Friday to talk about what’s next for the Artemis I moon mission, forecasting the first flight test of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket no earlier than in late August.

The most recent Artemis 1 "wet dress rehearsal" wasn't perfect, but it was good enough to keep the NASA moon mission on course for liftoff a few months from now.

NASA says it has finished testing its huge moon rocket.

For the first time in all its tests at Launch Pad 39b since the spring, NASA said it fully fueled its most powerful rocket ever, the 322-foot SLS.

NASA has fueled its huge moon rocket for the first time and completed a countdown test despite a fuel line leak.

VIDEO: NASA prepares for final wet dress rehearsal before uncrewed launch around the moon VIDEO: NASA prepares for final wet dress rehearsal before uncrewed launch around the moon (Melonie Holt, WFTV.com/WFTV)KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — NASA’s fourth wet dress rehearsal for the Artemis I moon mission is taking place, in preparation for the uncrewed flight test around the moon. On Monday, the team was forced to do some troubleshooting while fueling the massive SLS rocket with 700,000 gallons of supercooled propellant. They’ve worked extremely hard to get to where we are today,” said Jeremy Graeber, Artemis I assistant launch director. I think of it as an extension of all we’ve been working towards since NASA started out.”Read: Final preparations underway for NASA’s next Artemis I wet dress rehearsalMonday’s wet dress rehearsal, at Launch Complex 39B at Kennedy Space Center will run the Artemis I launch team through a variety of tests, including a full launch countdown and other procedures the team will use for launch. The team is working on a plan to reseal at the hydrogen leak so they continue today’s practice countdown to launch.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — At Kennedy Space Center’s launch complex 39B, teams are making final preparations for NASA’s next Artemis I wet dress rehearsal. Read: NASA officials give an update on the status of Artemis-I test, launchOn Wednesday NASA’s Associate Administrator Jim Free provided an update on the plan for this weekend’s wet dress rehearsal. This is the Artemis program, this is the first step from a launch perspective of getting us back to the moon,” Free said. Read: Date set for next Artemis I dress rehearsal attemptHe said the unmanned launch is a key component of future flights. NASA said that once the wet dress rehearsal is complete a launch date for Artemis I will be set for sometime this year.

It was 1962 when NASA started building a sprawling site in a swamp in Central Florida on Merritt Island from where Americans would soar into the sky and walk on the moon.

NASA is planning to try another wet dress rehearsal for its next-generation moon rocket next weekend, the space agency announced Friday.

NASA's Artemis program has inspired a new exhibit and annual Moon2Mars festival at Space Center Houston, the agency's Texas visitor center.

The contracts are valued at up to $3.5 billion.

NASA has selected two companies to make spacesuits for its Artemis moon program and future International Space Station missions.

NASA will apparently announce today (June 1) who's going to make the spacesuits for its Artemis moon program, and you can watch the big reveal live.

A trio of NASA’s top people will participate in a teleconference Friday to talk about the status of the next Artemis I wet dress rehearsal of the Space Launch System (SLS), the agency’s moon rocket, at Kennedy Space Center.

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson told a lunchroom full of students at Ventura Elementary School in Kissimmee that they could go to the moon on NASA's next rocket heading that way.

NASA officials give an update on the status of Artemis-I test, launch (WFTV)CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s Artemis I Moon rocket is now back at the Vehicle Assembly Building for repairs after a faulty valve canceled last week’s wet dress rehearsal. Officials said the SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft will return to launchpad 39-B once the repairs are made. Jim Free with NASA said rolling the SLS back to the VAB was the right call in order to make the necessary fixes. Until teams are able to demonstrate the ability to load propellant into the SLS tanks and conduct a full launch countdown an actual launch date for Artemis -I will remain up in the air. Read: NASA Artemis mission on hold as testing delayed for second timeNASA officials said the earliest possibility for the test will be sometime in August.

NASA will not set a launch date for Artemis until the team gets through a wet dress rehearsal successfully.

NASA scientists have begun to study 50-year-old samples of the moon's surface, collected during the agency's final moon landing mission, Apollo 17.

NASA will roll its Artemis 1 moon rocket off the launch pad today (April 25) at about 5:30 p.m. EDT (2130 GMT), and you can watch the action live.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — NASA’s Artemis I Moon rocket is set to make its way back to the Vehicle Assembly Building to begin repairs in preparation for next week’s wet dress rehearsal. At 5:30 p.m. on Monday, Artemis I is scheduled to leave launch pad 39B and begin its 4-mile journey atop the crawler-transporter back to the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. After returning to the VAB, teams will replace a faulty upper stage check valve and a small leak within the tail service mast umbilical ground plate housing on the mobile launcher. The supplier for the gaseous nitrogen will also upgrade its pipeline configuration to support Artemis I testing and launch. Read: 14-year-old, 16-year-old killed in crash in Osceola County after car hits tree, troopers sayNext week’s test, known as the “wet dress rehearsal,” will run the Artemis I launch team through a variety of tests, including a full launch countdown and other procedures the team will use for launch.

NASA Moon Rocket FILE - The NASA Artemis rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard leaves the Vehicle Assembly Building moving slowly on an 11-hour journey to pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Thursday, March 17, 2022. The flight debut of NASA's new mega moon rocket faces additional delays, following a series of failed fueling tests, officials said Monday, April 18, 2022. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File) (John Raoux)CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — (AP) — The flight debut of NASA’s mega moon rocket faces additional delays following a string of failed fueling tests. The next opportunity to send an empty capsule to the moon on a test flight would be at the end of June or July. The 30-story Space Launch System rocket has been on the pad at Kennedy Space Center for the past month.

The flight debut of NASA's mega moon rocket faces additional delays following a string of failed fueling tests.

NASA has decided to roll its Artemis 1 moon rocket off the launch pad and back to a processing facility to fix some issues revealed by a recent "wet dress rehearsal" test.

A hydrogen leak discovered while loading fuel into the Artemis SLS rocket forced NASA to stop the critical test countdown Thursday.

NASA-Moon Rocket FILE -The NASA Artemis rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard stands on pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., March 18, 2022. After a series of equipment problems, NASA attempted an abbreviated fueling test of its mega moon rocket Thursday, April 14, 2022 at Florida's Kennedy Space Center. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File) (John Raoux)CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — (AP) — NASA's latest attempt to fuel its huge moon rocket for a countdown test was thwarted Thursday by a hazardous hydrogen leak, the latest in a series of vexing equipment trouble. The launch team had just begun loading fuel into the core stage of the rocket when the leak cropped up. This was NASA's third shot at a dress rehearsal, a required step ahead of a test flight to the moon.

NASA's latest attempt to fuel its huge moon rocket for a countdown test has been thwarted by a hazardous hydrogen leak.

A series of major tests NASA still needs to complete before it can launch its new rocket built to go to the moon resumed at Launch Pad 39b.

A modified wet dress rehearsal is planned this week to finish testing NASA’s mega moon rocket as part of its Artemis programs.

NASA Moon Rocket FILE -The NASA Artemis rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard stands on pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Friday, March 18, 2022. NASA is kicking off a critical countdown test for its new moon rocket. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File) (John Raoux)KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — NASA’s critical test of the SLS moon rocket was scrubbed on Saturday. #Artemis I Moon mission update: @NASAKennedy will conduct a modified “wet dress rehearsal” in preparation for launch with tanking operations no earlier than April 14. @NASA_SLS and @NASA_Orion will then return to the Vehicle Assembly Building: https://t.co/htuT1epd40 pic.twitter.com/LzCGeycESy — NASA (@NASA) April 9, 2022Saturday’s start was canceled after engineers identified a helium check valve that was not functioning properly.

NASA now has a date set for its second attempt at a wet dress rehearsal for its Artemis I mission, a crucial test in the space agency's goal to return astronauts to the moon.

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Problems with fans at the launch pad thwarted the first effort, while a stuck valve halted the second attempt. (Joel Kowsky/NASA via AP) (Joel Kowsky)CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — (AP) — NASA’s dress rehearsal for its mega moon rocket is off until at least this weekend because of a pair of technical problems that kept stalling a fueling test. Balky fans at the launch pad thwarted the first effort, while a stuck valve halted the second attempt. The Orion crew capsule atop the rocket will be hurled to the moon in a passenger-less test flight, looping around but not landing before returning to Earth. Liftoff is scheduled for Friday from Kennedy Space Center, barely a mile from the pad holding the SLS rocket.

NASA’s dress rehearsal for its mega moon rocket has been postponed twice now by technical problems that stalled a fueling test.

The wet dress rehearsal of the Artemis I Space Launch System moon rocket was stopped Monday afternoon because of a vent valve issue that could not be handled easily, according to NASA.

NASA Moon Rocket FILE -The NASA Artemis rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard stands on pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Friday, March 18, 2022. NASA is kicking off a critical countdown test for its new moon rocket. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File) (John Raoux)KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — Update: NASA’s “wet dress rehearsal” of the Artemis I is scrubbed on Sunday. Looking at a 24 hr turnaround.-JP — NASA's Exploration Ground Systems (@NASAGroundSys) April 3, 2022Previous Story:NASA’s critical test of the SLS moon rocket is set proceed on Sunday. On Saturday, lightning hit the towers that surround and protect the rocket at Kennedy Space Center.

The first three strikes were low intensity strikes to tower two and are continuing to review data from the fourth strike, which was higher in intensity to tower one.

NASA Moon Rocket FILE -The NASA Artemis rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard stands on pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Friday, March 18, 2022. NASA is kicking off a critical countdown test for its new moon rocket. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File) (John Raoux)CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — (AP) — NASA kicked off a critical countdown test Friday for its new moon rocket, a 30-story behemoth that could make its first lunar test flight by summer. NASA plans to set a launch date after analyzing the results of the dress rehearsal for the Space Launch System rocket — SLS for short. Towering 322 feet (98 meters), the rocket made its debut at the Kennedy Space Center launch pad two weeks ago.

NASA is kicking off a critical countdown test for its new moon rocket.

During the wet dress rehearsal, NASA’s launch team will run through all the steps to prepare to launch the Space Launch System rocket and the Orion spacecraft.

NASA plans to begin the three-day Artemis 1 "wet dress rehearsal" this afternoon (April 1) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Most of the action will happen on Sunday, however.

The Biden administration's $26 billion funding request for NASA includes a $1.1 billion increase for the Artemis program.

Artemis and climate change are among the priorities for the Biden administration in its 2023 NASA budget request.

Engineers will conduct a full launch countdown at the pad, going through all of the steps short of launching the actual Space Launch Systems rocket.

The Biden Administration is requesting $26 billion for NASA in 2023, up $2 billion from the previous year. How much money NASA actually gets will be decided by Congress.

The uncrewed Artemis 1 round-the-moon mission is scheduled to launch no earlier than May.

NASA will provide an update on its Artemis moon lander plan and you'll be able to listen to it live online.

NASA is opening competition for private companies to build the landers for missions that follow.

Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder has collaborated with NASA on a music video that celebrates the space agency's Artemis moon program.

On March 17, 2022, NASA rolled out the Space Launch System rocket and Orion capsule that will fly the agency's Artemis 1 mission. See photos here.

The first mission in NASA's Artemis moon program is set to roll out to the launch pad today (March 17).

NASA is preparing to roll out its Space Launch System rocket this week for a critical test of its engine.

Nearly 50 years after Apollo 17 astronauts collected rocks from the lunar surface, NASA is finally tapping their samples.

NASA offering to fly your name around the moon on Artemis I A section of the Artemis rocket with the Orion space capsule is seen inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center, Friday, Nov. 5, 2021, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Have you ever wanted to travel into space but can’t afford the hefty price tag? NASA is offering the next best thing: a free virtual boarding pass with your name on it. “We’re getting ready for #Artemis I — and we want to take you with us,” NASA tweeted Wednesday. Artemis I “will be an uncrewed flight test that will provide a foundation for human deep space exploration,” according to NASA’s website. “During this flight, the (Orion) spacecraft will launch on the most powerful rocket in the world and fly farther than any spacecraft built for humans has ever flown,” the website says.

The cost per mission of NASA's lunar program Artemis has climbed to more than $4 billion, the agency's auditor told Congress.

Artemis I’s SLS rocket is expected to roll out to Launch Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center for the first time on March 17 at 6 p.m. ET.

The much-anticipated rollout of NASA’s moon rocket and capsule to the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a fueling test will be delayed for another few weeks, the space agency said Wednesday.

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As the historic year of spaceflight closes, 2022 will target new achievements.

The Whisky Barrel, an online spirits merchant, is celebrating the past and future of NASA missions to the moon with limited scotch whiskey offerings for 2022.

NASA continues “reviewing launch opportunities” in March and April for the Artemis I moon rocket after an engine controller failed a communications test.

A new NASA video advertises a suite of its real-life missions as previewing yet more adventurous possible exploration.

Aerospace giant Northrop Grumman announced on Tuesday (Nov. 16) that it's leading a private team designing a crewed moon buggy for potential use by NASA's Artemis program.

The Artemis moon program will cost $93 billion through 2025, according to a new estimate from NASA's Inspector General.

Snoopy, or rather a stuffed toy of the famous cartoon dog, will once again don his astronaut suit and fly onboard the Orion spacecraft for the Artemis I mission to the moon next year.

NASA has pushed its next moon landing to 2025. But why is it trying to go at all?

NASA will likely not land humans on the moon in 2024 as the agency projected under the Trump administration.

Now that Blue Origin’s latest challenge was struck down by a federal court, NASA is moving ahead with SpaceX to resume work as quickly as possible, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said.

ORLANDO, Fla. — NASA will resume working with Space X to develop a modern human lunar lander. This comes after the U.S. Court of Federal Claims denied Blue Origin’s bid protest, upholding NASA’s selection of SpaceX to develop the Artemis Lunar Lander. NASA continues working with multiple American companies in order to foster competition and commercial readiness for crewed missions to the Moon. Read: NASA makes final preparations for rocket heading around the moon in FebruaryUnder the Artemis program, NASA plans to lead the world in landing the first woman and person of color on the Moon’s surface. Read: NASA confirms there is water on the moon that astronauts may be able to useThe Artemis mission will also conduct other operations on the Moon, including getting ready for human missions to Mars.

A federal judge has denied Blue Origin's protest of a multibillion-dollar NASA moon lander contract awarded to SpaceX earlier this year, the agency confirmed Thursday.

Even more powerful than Saturn V, NASA’s next moon rocket towers over its high bay platforms in the Vehicle Assembly Building.

The United States Senate's largest committee wants NASA to choose a second company to build its new moon lander.

As commercial companies take over flights to low Earth orbit, the space agency is looking to deep space for its new mission.

NASA is awarding a total of $146 million to five American companies to aid the development of crewed moon landers, agency officials announced Tuesday (Sept. 14).

The Artemis program will see the first woman and the first person of color on the moon, along with the first participation by international astronauts.

A week after Blue Origin filed a lawsuit against NASA over its decision to award SpaceX a nearly $3 billion moon contract the space agency says it is voluntarily pausing work on the human lunar landing system until the legal matter is resolved.

The first piece of hardware of the first rocket to fly humans around the moon in decades arrived in Florida this week.

Blue Origin is escalating its fight over NASA’s decision to award SpaceX a multibillion-dollar lunar contract.

The new audit found that spending on spacesuit development has more than doubled, however, the agency is nowhere near a final product ready for flight.

Moonwalkers of the Artemis generation are going to need some new gear and very soon if NASA plans to achieve its goal.

GAO said NASA’s decision to award the contract to SpaceX “was reasonable, and consistent with applicable procurement law, regulation and the announcement’s terms.”

Jeff Bezos is offering to waive $2 billion in payments if NASA selects Blue Origin's human moon lander for the Artemis program.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex has announced special programs and events beginning next week to celebrate NASA’s Artemis missions to return humans to the moon. “Artemis Short Film Festival”: The series of shorts will explore key elements of upcoming Artemis missions, featuring everything from ground support to launch services. Veteran NASA astronaut Mike Mullane will also host a similar talk on July 24 at 3 p.m. Veteran NASA astronaut Mike Mullane will also host a similar talk on July 24 at 3 p.m. “Women in Space”: Under Artemis, NASA will land the first woman and first person of color on the moon. Company begins selling $125K tickets for balloon trips to the edge of spaceAll events are included with daily admission to the visitor complex.

A manikin flying onboard NASA’s first Artemis flight around the moon will be named for an electrical engineer who helped the Apollo 13 astronauts survive their perilous spaceflight.

Behind the scenes, NASA's Artemis program relies on Commercial Lunar Payload Services partners to deliver science equipment to the moon.

Brazil has signed on to the NASA-led Artemis Accords initiative to explore the moon responsibly.

The U.S. Senate passed a bill that would allocate nearly $250 billion to American scientific and technical research — including $10 billion for NASA to fund private crewed moon landers.

Lockheed Martin and GM announced today (May 26) that they're developing a rover for potential use by NASA's Artemis program, which is working to get astronauts back to the moon.

Another private company has picked SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to launch its moon lander carrying NASA and private research to the lunar surface.

This time, the U.S. plans to stay on the moon with a sustainable presence with the help of international and commercial partners.

Sending supplies to NASA’s orbiting moon outpost will require a whole new logistical game plan but that’s where a key KSC team comes into play.

NASA's project aims to bring human beings back to the moon by 2024

With the moon above, teams began offloading the SLS core stage Thursday.

A key piece of hardware for NASA’s Artemis moon rocket floated into Port Canaveral Tuesday afternoon in the final stages of its journey from the Gulf Coast.

Both Dynetics and Blue Origin have filled a bid protest with the U.S. Government Accountability Office.

It's official: SpaceX will be building the spacecraft that will land NASA astronauts on the moon.

NASA has selected SpaceX’s Starship spaceship to be the first company to put astronauts back on the moon under the Artemis program.

At 4:37 p.m. the core stage fired its four engines on the test stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. A previous green run hot fire on Jan. 16 was also supposed to run for eight minutes but barely fired for one minute. Ad[RELATED: What to know about NASA’s final Green Run test of the Artemis rocket]🚀 Today, the @NASA_SLS core stage that will power our @NASAArtemis I mission to the Moon successfully completed its Green Run hot fire test. Here’s a recap: https://t.co/QpYSIQq4ox pic.twitter.com/aLmEkS9pbA — NASA (@NASA) March 18, 2021Engineers had to repeat the test to get more data. The core stage will be refurbished before it’s sent via barge ship down to Florida.

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy will launch the lunar Gateway propulsion system and the habitation module, the foundation of the orbiting space outpost, NASA announced Tuesday. AdThe U.S. space agency’s launch services program will manage the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launch on NASA’s end overseeing the build, delivery and launch. NASA has selected Falcon Heavy to launch the first two elements of the lunar Gateway together on one mission! “The Falcon Heavy was chosen probably because the Falcon Heavy is less expensive and the SLS isn’t quite ready yet,” Forczyk said. That element is slated to launch on the second flight of NASA’s Space Launch System, the agency’s Artemis rocket.

The pre-recorded panel discussion aired Wednesday at noon on NASA TV and online, along with NASA’s social media channels. In his role at NASA, Delgado ensures small businesses are able to compete for NASA contracts, which can add up to millions, making or breaking a small business. AdThe “Power of African American Leadership in NASA” panel examined how different leaders throughout the U.S. space program have helped drive success. Asked why diversity is so important to space exploration or any industry Wyche said diversity is tied to innovation. I mean, everybody, every bright mind that’s willing.”AdThe event was hosted in partnership with several NASA groups to encourage diversity is one way NASA is celebrating Black History month.

NASA continues to test the RS-25 engines that will send astronauts atop the Artemis rocket, known as the Space Launch System, to the moon. [Watch the rocket engine test at the top of this story]NASA says the tests will provide important data for Aerojet Rocketdyne as the contractor begins building new RS-25 engines for future SLS flights. LIVE: Watch an RS-25 engine that will help power our @NASA_SLS rocket on future missions to the Moon and Mars come alive at @NASAStennis. At this rate, the 212-foot core stage made by Boeing is down to about six “tanks” on its lifespan. In a news release regarding the RS-25 engine testing, NASA said the Green Run team continues to evaluate if a second hot fire test of the core stage is required.