NASA, Artemis and moon rocket
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NASA's Artemis II mission reached a critical milestone this week as teams conducted a wet dress rehearsal of the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft during an unusually intense blast of cold air surged across Florida, delivering record-breaking low temperatures to the Sunshine State.
During the two-day dress rehearsal, running through launch-day procedures, crews found a liquid hydrogen leak in part of the rocket.