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NASA's Artemis II lunar flyby mission, with the next-generation moon rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the Orion crew capsule, sits on Pad 39B ahead of the launch of the Artemis II mission at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., March 31, 2026.
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Nasa reports new technical issue with Moon mission spacecraft as astronauts sealed in

Crews are troubleshooting problems with a battery, Nasa says, after an earlier communications issue with an onboard safety mechanism was fixed.
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