Artemis 1

2022 - 9 - 4

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NASA prepares for second attempt at launching Artemis 1 moon ... (ABC News)

Kennedy Space Center prepares for second launch attempt of NASA's towering, next-generation moon rocket after engineering problems foiled its initial debut ...

Take two. NASA readies its second launch attempt for its Artemis 1 ... (NPR)

Once this rocket successfully lifts off, it will send a crew capsule called Orion on a journey to orbit the moon, coming within about 60 miles of the lunar ...

Nasa calls off Artemis 1 moon rocket launch for second time after ... (The Guardian)

It was not immediately clear if space agency will be able to make fixes in time to meet next backup launch date of Monday.

Officials said they had identified that problem as a faulty sensor rather than an issue with the cooling system or engine itself. “This is part of the space business,” he said. It was the second time in five days that technical issues had kept the spacecraft on the launchpad. [postponement of the first launch attempt](https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/aug/29/artemis-scrubbed-nasa-cancels-moon-launch-engine) last Monday. [Space](https://www.theguardian.com/science/space) Center waited until late in the countdown to scrub the liftoff after the failure of several workarounds to try to plug the leak of liquid hydrogen as it was being pumped into the core stage of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. [Nasa](https://www.theguardian.com/science/nasa) officials said the next attempt would be delayed until at least the end of September.

NASA's Artemis 1 Won't Even Try Another Launch Attempt For Weeks (Forbes)

Artemis I's mission profile involves more than a month of travel around the far side of the moon and back to Earth for a blazing fast re-entry and ...

However, conflicts with other missions scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral could push the launch back to October. The launch team tried three times to troubleshoot the issue and start the LH2 flowing again, but each time the leak returned. The leak first cropped up as NASA began loading the liquid hydrogen propellant at around 7:15 a.m.

Fuel leak on Artemis 1 moon rocket may take weeks to repair, NASA ... (Space.com)

A fuel leak that thwarted NASA's second attempt to launch its new Artemis 1 moon rocket on Saturday (Sept. 3) will likely take weeks to fix.

Follow us [@Spacedotcom](http://twitter.com/spacedotcom) (opens in new tab), Analyses soon traced that issue to a faulty temperature sensor, and the team decided to [push ahead with another try on Saturday](https://www.space.com/artemis-1-moon-mission-launch-september-3). It's unclear at the moment if the mission team plans to seek such a waiver. Ten tiny cubesats are flying on Artemis 1, to conduct a variety of science work and test various technologies. The leak occurred after a brief "inadvertent" overpressurization of the fuel line that was three times the acceptable pressure, said Mike Sarafin, NASA's Artemis 1 mission manager. But they stressed that calling off the launch today was the right move, as did NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, who also participated in the briefing. The Saturday leak occurred near the base of the SLS rocket in what NASA calls a "quick disconnect," a fitting that connects a liquid hydrogen fuel line to the core booster to fuel it for launch. — A fuel leak that thwarted NASA's second attempt to launch its new Artemis 1 moon rocket on Saturday (Sept. One thing is clear, however: The quick disconnect's soft seal gasket will likely have to be replaced. The leak led to levels of flammable hydrogen gas near the rocket that were several times higher than the acceptable range, he added. 3) will likely take weeks to fix, and may even force the megarocket off its launch pad, space agency officials said. Despite three separate tries to fix the leak, engineers weren't able to stem it and ultimately stood down to assess the situation further.

BREAKING: NASA Scrubs Second Attempt to Launch Artemis 1 ... (ScienceAlert)

NASA on Saturday (Sept. 3) scrapped a second attempt to get its new 30-story rocket off the ground and send its uncrewed test capsule toward the Moon after ...

It will take several days for the spacecraft to reach the Moon, flying around 60 miles (100 kilometers) at its closest approach. "Multiple troubleshooting efforts to address the area of the leak… After the latest delay, there are backup opportunities on Monday or Tuesday. The crew of Artemis 3 is to land on the Moon in 2025 at the earliest, with later missions envisaging a lunar space station and a sustainable presence on the lunar surface. did not fix the issue." The capsule will fire its engines to get to a distant retrograde orbit (DRO) of 40,000 miles beyond the Moon, a record for a spacecraft rated to carry humans.