KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) and Orion spacecraft mega moon rocket for the Artemis II crewed moonshot mission completed its rollback from launch pad 39B to the VAB where it arrived around 8 p.m. EST, Feb. 25, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida – to fix the helium flow interruption issue detected in the ICPS upper stage during
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – Bad news for NASA Artemis II launch! An issue with interruption of highly purified helium gas flow was detected in the ICPS upper stage during testing overnight Feb. 21 at Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida forcing rollback to the VAB. Helium is required in various SLS systems for pressurization and