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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA has delayed astronauts’ upcoming trip to the moon because of near-freezing temperatures expected at the launch site. The first Artemis moonshot with a crew is now targeted for no earlier than Feb. 8, two days later than planned.
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If the fueling test goes well, the Artemis II flight around the moon and back could take off as early as Feb. 8.
NASA announced the news Tuesday, shortly after the critical fueling test ended at Kennedy Space Center. Until the exasperating hydrogen leaks, the space agency had been targeting as soon as this weekend for humanity's first trip to the moon in more than half a century.
Both crew members exited safely after NASA's WB-57 research plane made an emergency belly landing in Houston following landing gear failure.