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  "path": "/blogs/missions/2026/02/19/nasa-begins-artemis-ii-launch-pad-ops-after-successful-fuel-test/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-02-20T04:23:00.000Z",
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    "Artemis 2",
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  "textContent": "NASA successfully fueled its SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and demonstrated the launch countdown for Artemis II on Thursday during a wet dress rehearsal at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Engineers loaded more than 700,000 gallons of liquid propellant into the rocket, sent a closeout crew to the launch pad to demonstrate closing the Orion spacecraft’s hatches, and completed two runs of terminal count — the final phase of the launch countdown. The Artemis II crew also observed part of […]\n\nThe post NASA Begins Artemis II Launch Pad Ops After Successful Fuel Test  appeared first on NASA Science.",
  "title": "NASA Begins Artemis II Launch Pad Ops After Successful Fuel Test"
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