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NASA Calls Off Artemis I Launch Due To Fuel Leak, May Carry it Again in October | Highlights

NASA Artemis I launch updates: The first attempt to launch NASA Artemis 1 mission was postponed due to a malfunctioning RS-25 engine on the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. The mission hailed as the first step in the next era of human exploration on the moon, is scheduled to take off at around 11.47 pm today on September 3.

Published date india.com Updated: September 3, 2022 10:19 PM IST
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NASA Artemis I Launch Postponed

NASA Artemis I Launch Latest Update: NASA officially postponed the second attempt of Artemis 1 launch mission on Saturday due to fuel leakage, launch director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson made the announcement. Now, the launch teams will begin emptying the liquid oxygen tank of the core stage before they empty the liquid hydrogen tank.  In the meantime, NASA administrator Bill Nelson hited at October launch of the rocket.

“We don’t go until launch, not until we are ready. Especially now on a test flight. We need to make sure it is right before we put humans on top. This is part of the space business and I have told people this before. I have experienced this with my spaceflight experience. We scrubbed four times till we had a perfect mission the fourth time,” said NASA administrator Bill Nelson during NASA’s livestream.

However, Nelson said the mission management team will meet and decide whether the space agency will make another launch attempt on September 5 or 6, otherwise, the launch vehicle will be moved back to the Vehicle Assembly building as NASA will consider a launch in October.

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