NASA aims to send astronauts to the moon in March after acing the latest rocket fueling test.
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Read full article: ‘Bodies in the Bayou’: Inside Houston’s waterways and unsolved casesCypress Creek HS senior Marlee Brown leaned on faith and community to beat life-threatening illnessEastbound I-10 mainlanes to close overnight this weekend for Houston Avenue bridge repairsMan found shot to death in parking lot of Houston-area convenience storeThis image provided by NASA shows NASA's moon rocket sits on the pad at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. “This is really getting real, and it's time to get serious and start getting excited," said Lori Glaze, NASA’s exploration systems development chief. The test was “a big step toward America’s return to the lunar environment," Isaacman said on the social media platform X. Astronauts last ventured to the moon more than half a century ago.on the Artemis II lunar fly-around as soon as March 6 from Florida's Kennedy Space Center. To keep their options open, the three Americans and one Canadian prepared to go into the mandatory two-week health quarantine Friday night in Houston. The space agency has only five days in March to launch the crew aboard the Space Launch System rocket, before standing down until the end of April. February's opportunities evaporated after dangerous amounts of liquid hydrogen leaked during the first fueling demonstration. Technicians replaced two seals, leading to Thursday's successful rerun. The countdown clocks went all the way down to the desired 29-second mark. The removed Teflon seals had some light scratches but nothing else noticeable that could have caused such heavy leakage, officials said. A bit of moisture also was found in the area that could have contributed to the problem. The fixes worked, with barely any leakage detected, said launch director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson. Commander Reid Wiseman and two of his crew monitored Thursday's operation alongside launch controllers. The astronauts will be the first to fly to the moon since Apollo 17 closed out NASA's first chapter in moon exploration in 1972. Still ahead is the flight readiness review, scheduled for late next week. If that goes well, the astronauts will fly back to Kennedy around the beginning of March for a real countdown. “Every night I look up at the moon and I see it and I get real excited because I can really feel she's calling us, and we're ready," Glaze said. The nearly 10-day mission is considered a test flight with astronauts soaring atop the 322-foot SLS rocket for the first time. The only other SLS flight, in 2022, had no one on board. The next mission in the series, Artemis III, will attempt to land a pair of astronauts near the moon's south pole in a few years. Given all the details still to be worked out for that mission — including whether Elon Musk's SpaceX or Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin will provide the lunar lander — Glaze said it will be months, perhaps even a year, before NASA selects that first moon-landing crew.The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Department of Science Education and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The AP is solely responsible for all content. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.Magnolia ISD approves daily prayer period under new Texas law'Her body is still in the river somewhere': Camp Mystic seeks to reopen after deadly floodExplaining Magnolia ISD's optional daily prayer periodThere's a new burn risk warning on vape devicesInside Delta flight forced to return to Hobby AirportMujer de Houston dice que un encuentro en un camión de tacos derivó en presunto fraude migratorioTravel insurance insights: How a Galveston girls’ trip highlighted key mistakes to avoid
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