NASA has cleared its moon rocket for an April launch with four astronauts after completing the latest round of repairs.
The space agency has only a handful of days in early April to launch before standing down until April 30 into early May.a major overhaul of the Artemis program . Dissatisfied with the slow pace and lengthy gaps between lunar missions, he added an extra practice flight in orbit around Earth for next year.
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