Overview
- NASA confirmed Artemis II will not launch in March after teams could not get helium flowing through the SLS upper stage.
- The rocket will be rolled back from the pad into the Vehicle Assembly Building for inspections and repairs.
- Administrator Jared Isaacman said the ICPS helium system worked during two wet dress rehearsals but later failed to flow during a subsequent operation.
- The March window spans only a few days, so teams are assessing the next opportunities, with April cited as the earliest target.
- The mission plans to send Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen on roughly a 10-day lunar-orbit flight as a precursor to Artemis III.