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: After a hydrogen leak and other issues cropped up during a test of the mission's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, NASA delayed the liftoff of Artemis II, its first crewed flight to the moon in over 50 years. The "wet dress rehearsal" practiced the pre-launch activities, beginning about 49 hours prior to the countdown reaching T-minus 0. Another wet dress will be held before an official launch date is targeted, no earlier than March 6.
: Given the choice to send any Fraggle into (outer) outer space for real, John Tartaglia told collectSPACE he would pick Uncle Traveling Matt (despite that he performs Gobo). "I guess in the world of our show ["Fraggle Rock: A Space-y Adventure" now at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex], the one that makes sense would be Uncle Matt. I feel like he'd probably be screaming though, confused over what's all happening."
: If you know Ryan Nagata's name, then you are likely familiar with with his high-fidelity replicas of Apollo spacesuits. Now he is adding space food to his repute. Nagata's Etsy shop is stocked with Apollo and shuttle dishes, or rather his recreations of such. Both the packaging and food inside are replicas, so they are truly shelf-stable for display. Nagata has also put together meals based on the first foods eaten at the moon.
: Astrolab will carry to the moon an American flag that previously spent 67 hours on the lunar surface. The company revealed that its FLIP (Flex Lunar Innovation Platform) rover will be adorned by a U.S. flag that was smuggled inside Apollo 15 astronaut David Scott's spacesuit but without knowledge. Now 55 years later, Scott has endorsed its one-way return trip. Astrolab's FLIP will fly to the moon's south pole on Astrobotic's Griffin Mission 1.
: The four members of SpaceX's Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station, who lifted off Friday (Feb. 13), opted to represent themselves and what tethers them to Earth by choosing a crocheted world and its four moons as their "zero-gravity indicator." Each of the "Planet Gaia" satellites has a theme that is personal to them, including Jack Hathaway and Jessica Meir of NASA, ESA's Sophie Adenot, and Andrey Fedyaev of Roscosmos.
