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NASA's first astronaut flight around the moon in decades faces more delays

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NASA's first astronaut flight around the moon in decades faces more delays

A bird is silhouetted against the full moon rising over Zurich, Switzerland, Friday, Nov. 15, 2024. (Michael Buholzer/Keystone via AP)

A bird is silhouetted against the full moon rising over Zurich, Switzerland, Friday, Nov. 15, 2024. (Michael Buholzer/Keystone via AP)

FILE - This file photo provided by NASA shows, from left, NASA Astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman, and Canadian Space Agency Astronaut Jeremy Hansen at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, March 29, 2023. (Josh Valcarcel/NASA via AP)

FILE - This file photo provided by NASA shows, from left, NASA Astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman, and Canadian Space Agency Astronaut Jeremy Hansen at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, March 29, 2023. (Josh Valcarcel/NASA via AP)

This image provided by NASA shows the Artemis II Orion spacecraft lifted from the Final Assembly and Testing (FAST) Cell and placed in the west altitude chamber inside the Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’S Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. on June 28, 2024, for a series of tests simulating deep space vacuum conditions. (Rad Sinyak/NASA via AP)

This image provided by NASA shows the Artemis II Orion spacecraft lifted from the Final Assembly and Testing (FAST) Cell and placed in the west altitude chamber inside the Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’S Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. on June 28, 2024, for a series of tests simulating deep space vacuum conditions. (Rad Sinyak/NASA via AP)

FILE - NASA's Orion capsule is drawn to the well deck of the USS Portland after it splashed down following a successful uncrewed Artemis I moon mission, in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja California, Mexico, Dec. 11, 2022. (Mario Tama via AP File)

FILE - NASA's Orion capsule is drawn to the well deck of the USS Portland after it splashed down following a successful uncrewed Artemis I moon mission, in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja California, Mexico, Dec. 11, 2022. (Mario Tama via AP File)

This Feb. 3, 2024 image provided by NASA shows the Orion spacecraft heat shield following the Artemis I test flight after it was was removed from the crew module inside the Operations and Checkout Building and rotated for inspection at the Kennedy Space Center in Cap Canaveral, Fla. (NASA via AP)

This Feb. 3, 2024 image provided by NASA shows the Orion spacecraft heat shield following the Artemis I test flight after it was was removed from the crew module inside the Operations and Checkout Building and rotated for inspection at the Kennedy Space Center in Cap Canaveral, Fla. (NASA via AP)