Name: NASA's return to the moon hits a setback | February 23, 2026
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It has been a wild final weekend at these Winter Games and there was no shortage of jaw dropping moments.

Norway became the first country ever to win at least 18 gold medals at a single games, thanks in large part to the Golden Goat Johannes host Flat Clabo.

He now has 11 career golds and is first athlete ever to win six gold medals at a single Winter Games.

And in hockey, an incredible ending for Team usa.

Both the men's and women's squads facing off against Canada in the finals.

With the women coming through from a thrilling come from behind overtime finish.

And the U.S. men's team striking gold as well.

The famed Miracle on Ice upset win against the Soviet Union in 1980.

But one of the biggest moments of this year's games, a gold medal for 20 year old American Alyssa Lu.

Her electric free skate propelled her to the top of the podium, making her the first American woman figure skater in two decades to win an individual medal of any kind.

Alyssa following the positively stunning performance to see how it's all sinking in.

It didn't really change how I felt about anything.

The moment I finished my program, I was at like on such a high.

Literally nothing could bring me higher or lower.

When you stepped away from figure skating, what did maybe the silence and the absence of the crowd teach you that the roaring arenas never could?

I mean it showed me a different side, that's for sure.

And I got to experience something new and that's always valuable.

Watching you out there, I don't know what was stronger, your jumps or your joy is just emanating from you.

Who is Alyssa Liu now compared to the 13 year old kid who burst onto the scene?

Oh, I mean, I would say I know myself a lot better but you know, I'd hope I do at 20.

But yeah, I don't know, I. I'm a lot happier now.

As athletes through all the highs and the lows, the ups and the downs, parents, family are there every step of the way.

How much has your family meant to you in this journey?

They keep me grounded and yeah, honestly, like they're the reason why I feel like I am able to do so much.

When young girls look at you now, what do you hope they see?

I hope they see that they have limitless potential.

What do you hope you being you see says to anyone out there kind of struggle to find their place.

It's good to break down, I guess, barriers and do do risky things and, you know, go against some people sometimes.

Alyssa Liu's performance has captivated the world.

But nowhere has it resonated more than her hometown rink in Oakland, California.

Crazy that she lives in Oakland, like, so close to our home.

Just the sound of her spinning and jumping is like everyone's silent and we're against the boards.

I feel like one day I could pop in and just see her.

Next up, NASA's first manned moon mission in more than half a century appears to have hit a snag.

The agency says they have identified an issue with the Artemis II rocket that could prevent it from taking off during next month's planned launch window.

The issue, which concerns helium flow to the propulsion system, will require them roll the towering rocket back to the vehicle assembly building from its launch pad.

Teams of engineers and scientists are actively reviewing the data in hopes of preserving an April launch window.

The Artemis 2 mission is slated to be the deepest human spaceflight ever.

Four astronauts will travel around the moon and back in preparation for the 2028 Artemis 3 mission, when NASA plans to return astronauts to the lunar surface for the first time since 1972.

Which species of sea turtle is the largest in the world?

Loggerhead, green hawksbill or leatherback?

If you said leatherback, you are turtle y awesome.

Leatherback turtles can grow to nearly £1,000.

They're named for their soft, rubbery skin and are the only turtle that lacks a shell and scales shallow.

If you've ever visited a beach or live near one, you may have seen the communal efforts to protect sea turtles.

Coastal communities often keep street lamps off and porch lights low during nesting season so that baby turtles can find their way to the ocean.

Well, a new study out of the UK suggests that turtles food sources may be a more dire problem.

All over the world, conservationists protect sea Turtle eggs from predators so the babies can survive and make their way to the ocean.

But a new long term study of loggerhead sea turtles found that climate change is presenting new challenges to their survival.

For 17 years, researchers have been tracking individual female loggerhead sea turtles in Cape Verd, home to one of the world's largest loggerhead nesting populations.

They found that the warming oceans are causing the turtles to nest earlier and produce fewer eggs.

Feetra Nugra of London's Queen Mary University is part of that team.

So climate change has influenced the nesting timing of the populations and also the internesting interval.

Within a season, the increasing temperatures may speed up egg development inside the body, thus shortening the successive clutches.

A clutch is a nest of sea turtle eggs and a female turtle lays multiple clutches throughout a typical season, with 10 or more days in between.

The earlier arrival of the Cape Verde turtles and shorter time in between clutches tells researchers they have adapted to the warming ocean.

But Nugra says after a deeper look, a troubling issue emerged.

But when we follow individual saucers picture complex picture emerge and that tells us that something is happening in the oceans and it is beyond the temperature.

It is the ocean productivity that is matters to all of these.

The researchers started looking at sea turtle feeding grounds for answers and found a declining trend of chlorophyll in plants and algae over many years.

They found that re nesting intervals lengthened from about two years to four years over the course of their study.

When the turtles did return, they laid fewer clutches and fewer eggs per nest.

Cape Verde hosts tens of thousands of nesting female turtles each year, and