Tag: Kennedy Space Center

NASA says it will try again on Saturday to launch its Artemis 1 test flight — a critical mission to send an unpiloted Orion crew capsule on a 42-day mission beyond the moon and back.Launch was initially scheduled for Monday morning, but after months of tests, troubleshooting and repairs, NASA ran into problems during fueling of the Space Launch System moon rocket, forcing the agency to scrub the planned launch just as the two-hour window was opening.  We're now targeting Saturday, Sept. 3 for the launch of the #Artemis I flight test around the Moon. The two-hour launch window opens at 2:17 p.m. ET (18:17 UTC). pic.twitter.com/MxwdcKHGdd— NASA (@NASA) August 30, 2022 NASA engineers were working to resolve the issues that arose Monday, including a hydrogen leak discovered as the fuel...

After months of tests, troubleshooting and repairs, engineers began fueling the Artemis 1 Space Launch System moon rocket for blastoff Monday on a long-overdue test flight to send an uncrewed Orion capsule on a 42-day voyage around the moon.Rain showers with lightning moved within five nautical miles of launch pad 39B just after midnight, forcing Launch Director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson to delay the start of propellant loading by 55 minutes. But the six-hour procedure finally got underway at 1:13 a.m. EDT.Then, a hydrogen leak was discovered as the fueling was taking place.Another issue as the countdown ticked into its final hours was troubleshooting to find the cause of a momentary communications glitch in one of the channels relaying commands and telemetry to and from the Orion spacecr...