Throughout February 2026, people at the Kennedy Space Center got to witness an exciting sight: NASA’s behemoth Space Launch System rocket, SLS, standing on the launch pad, aimed toward the sky. The launch system has been key to the Artemis program – an ambitious series of missions intended to culminate in a sustained human presence on the Moon. NASA had initially planned to launch the second Artemis mission, which would take a crew of four people around the Moon, in February.
But as anticipation for launch built, an issue with the liquid propellant arose. A few days later, the SLS faced another problem, this time with the rocket’s upper stage, and had to roll back from the pad.
