Following a failed try earlier this week, NASA has as soon as once more delayed the beginning of its Artemis 1 Moon mission. The company was pressured to wash Saturday’s launch after workers at Kennedy Space Center failed to repair a persistent leak in a liquid hydrogen connection level on the company’s next-generation Space Launch System tremendous heavy-lift rocket.
NASA detected the leak at 7:23AM ET and tried to troubleshoot the issue in a number of alternative ways, however after three failed makes an attempt floor crew beneficial a “no go” for Saturday’s launch try. Monday’s try was reduce quick after one of many 4 on the SLS couldn’t attain the suitable temperature to ship Artemis 1 into house.
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“The Artemis I mission to the Moon has been postponed. Teams tried to repair a difficulty associated to a leak within the {hardware} transferring gasoline into the rocket, however have been unsuccessful,” NASA stated on Twitter.
Provided NASA can repair the leak on Launch Pad 39B, the company has one final window it will probably try a launch earlier than a significant delay turns into inevitable. If it will probably’t fly by September fifth, NASA might want to roll the SLS again to the Kennedy Space Center’s Vehicle Assembly Building to conduct a check of the rocket’s flight termination system. At that time, the earliest Artemis 1 might get underway can be September nineteenth, however an October launch can be extra doubtless.