NASA’s Artemis I lunar rocket launch – the US space agency’s second attempt to send a booster to the moon – was halted for a second time on Saturday, after a fuel leak was detected. . According to NASA, the launch will not take place on the next scheduled date of September 6, which means the next launch time could be from September 19 to October 4 or in the second half of October. Artemis I, the agency’s first step towards returning humans to the Moon, will test the journey to Earth’s only natural satellite before humans attempt the journey.
In a later press conference Artemis I The launch of the SLS-Orion spacecraft was halted on Saturday, NASA announced that it would not attempt to launch the spacecraft during the current launch window ending on September 6. The United States space agency stated that it halted the launch after a leak near the rocket’s base was detected prior to launch, while liquid hydrogen was being pumped into the rocket.
According to Jim Free, NASA’s Deputy Director of Exploration Systems Development, the next launch deadline could be from September 19 to October 4. If NASA can’t make a third attempt to launch the rocket by that time. At that point, the next window will be from October 17 to October 31, he said.
On August 29, NASA pause first attempt to launch the Artemis I SLS-Orion spacecraft from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, while engineers tried to gauge why a test bleed to put the RS-25 engine at the bottom of the The core phase to the appropriate temperature was not successful.
NASA is likely to announce the next Artemis I launch date in the coming days. The rocket likely won’t be able to launch in early October, as a team of astronauts is scheduled to use the Kennedy Space Center to launch rockets to the International Space Station, according to an AFP report. According to the space agency, the launch could also take place in the second half of October.
