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NASA fixing moon rocket leaks, hoping for Sept. HEALTH

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liftoff until at least October. The NASA moon rocket as stands on Pad 39B for the Artemis 1 mission to orbit the Moon at the Ambulancia 911
A series of hydrogen fuel Kennedy Space Center, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Fire Dept. 115
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ting astronauts on the next said chief engineer John proach to tanking” dur- Avianca 588 0059
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are needed to activate
the system if the rocket
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populated areas. These
batteries must be retested
periodically, and that can
only be done in the han-
gar. The military would
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