NASA will try to launch Artemis again on Saturday, September 3
NASA will make its second attempt at launching its 'mega moon rocket' this Saturday , the space agency announced, just days after scrubbing the rocket's first liftoff attempt following an engine issue.
NASA views this flight as the first of three missions that will be a vital testbed for the hardware, software and ground systems that are intended to one day transport the first humans to Mars and beyond. The upcoming uncrewed Artemis 1 test flight — part of the Artemis program named after the twin sister of the ancient Greek god Apollo — will be followed by Artemis 2 and Artemis 3 in 2024 and 2025/2026 respectively.
The issue that finally scuppered the launch arrived just after 6 a.m. ET, when the team declared that the liquid hydrogen fuel was only cooling three of the rocket's four engines to sufficient temperatures prior to ignition. The problematic engine, named engine three, appeared to be around 40 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than the temperature of minus 420 F needed for launch.
"The way the sensor is behaving does not line up with the physics of the situation," John Honeycutt, NASA's program manager for the Artemis 1 mission, said at the news conference.
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
NASA delays debut Artemis flight of new moon rocket after engine cooling issueAn engine-cooling problem forced NASA on Monday to postpone for at least four days the debut test launch of the colossal new rocketship it plans to use for future astronaut flights back to the moon, more than 50 years after Apollo's last lunar mission.
Read more »
NASA delays launch of its massive SLS rocket amid engine issueThe next available launch date is September 2nd.
Read more »
NASA scrubs launch of new moon rocket after engine problemNASA called off the launch of its new moon rocket on its debut flight with three test dummies aboard after a last-minute cascade of problems culminating in unexplained trouble related to an engine. The next attempt will not take place until Friday.
Read more »
NASA targeting Saturday for another Artemis I launch attempt after rocket engine troubleA bleed issue in one of the four RS-25 rocket engines scrubbed Monday’s debut launch of the Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft.
Read more »
NASA Aims for Artemis Launch Attempt on Saturday After Reviewing Rocket Engine ProblemNASA announced it will make another attempt to launch the Artemis I lunar mission on Saturday, after calling off the launch on Monday due to an engine issue.
Read more »
NASA targeting Saturday for another Artemis 1 launch attempt after resolving rocket engine troubleA bleed issue in one of the four RS-25 rocket engines scrubbed Monday’s launch of the Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft.
Read more »