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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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NASA Artemis I Launch LIVE: The Artemis I mission to the Moon has been postponed. Teams attempted to fix an issue related to a leak in the hardware transferring fuel into the rocket, but were unsuccessful.
NASA Artemis I Launch LIVE: NASA says the liquid hydrogen has resumed with a slow manual fill.
View From the Press Site: @NASA_SLS and @NASA_Orion right now at Launch Pad 39B. #Artemis pic.twitter.com/49RmOa3AMf
— NASA's Exploration Ground Systems (@NASAGroundSys) September 3, 2022
View From the Press Site: @NASA_SLS and @NASA_Orion right now at Launch Pad 39B. #Artemis pic.twitter.com/49RmOa3AMf
— NASA's Exploration Ground Systems (@NASAGroundSys) September 3, 2022
Teams have completed pressurization of the line and restarted flow of liquid hydrogen to the tank.
— NASA's Exploration Ground Systems (@NASAGroundSys) September 3, 2022
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