NASA’s Artemis 1 moon mission slips to spring 2022 after engine issue

Rocket woes have again delayed NASA’s return to the moon.

The agency is now targeting a launch in March or April 2022 for its Artemis 1 flight, an uncrewed mission around the moon and the first flight of its massive Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. NASA was previously targeting Feb. 12, 2022, for the flight, which is the first in the Artemis program that aims to return astronauts to the lunar surface later this decade. But hiccups in the mission’s integrated testing program have forced another schedule delay.