NASA rolls Artemis 2 rocket off pad
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In written testimony to Congress in 2023, the federation urged the government to use “existing industry data” to understand the explosive yield of methane and liquid oxygen rather than spending federal dollars on an independent test campaign. In the end, NASA, the Space Force, and the FAA decided their own tests were worth the money.
NASA’s Artemis II rocket and Orion spacecraft moved to the launch pad Friday, with a crewed moon flyby targeted for April after earlier delays.