The launch of the rocket would send the US one step closer to returning astronauts to the moon by launching a crew capsule into orbit around the moon.
NASA had to cancel the launch of its powerful new moon rocket on a shakedown trip with three test dummies aboard due to a fuel leak and then an engine issue during final liftoff preparations. On Monday, NASA repeatedly halted and started fueling the Space Launch System rocket with roughly 1 million gallons of ice-cold hydrogen and oxygen due to a leak of extremely explosive hydrogen as precious seconds ticked away. A dress rehearsal in the spring saw seepage in the same spot as the leak, which happened simultaneously.
Insiders claim that after that when NASA was unable to adequately freeze one of the rocket’s four main engines, it ran into more issues. Engineers continued to look for the reason for the problem after the launch was postponed. The following launch attempt won’t happen until Friday at the earliest and might not happen until the following month. Bill Nelson, the administrator of NASA, stated that this is an intricate machine, a very complicated system, and all those things have to work, and you don’t want to light the candle until it’s ready to go. The rocket was ready to send the crew capsule into orbit above the moon, putting the US one step closer to sending men back to the moon for the first time since the Apollo program was terminated fifty years ago.
The launch of #Artemis I is no longer happening today as teams work through an issue with an engine bleed. Teams will continue to gather data, and we will keep you posted on the timing of the next launch attempt. https://t.co/tQ0lp6Ruhv pic.twitter.com/u6Uiim2mom
— NASA (@NASA) August 29, 2022
The 98-meter spacecraft outperforms even the Saturn V that the astronauts on the Apollo missions flew on and is the most potent rocket NASA has ever created. When asked if NASA might try another liftoff, launch commentator Derrol Nail replied that engineers were still looking into the engine problem and that we must wait to see what shakes out from their test data.
There were no astronauts within the Orion capsule of the rocket. The six-week journey, which was meant to end with the capsule’s splashdown in the Pacific in October, was instead made with test subjects strapped in. Sensors to measure vibration, cosmic radiation, and other elements were placed on the test individuals.
Numerous crowds gathered along the coast to see the rocket launch despite the absence of any passengers. The VIPs were scheduled to include Vice President Kamala Harris. When it occurs, the launch will mark the beginning of NASA’s 21st-century lunar exploration mission, which was given the name Artemis in honor of Apollo’s fabled twin sister. Astronauts will embark on the second voyage and fly around the moon and back as early as 2024, assuming the test goes well. Two astronauts could land on the moon before the end of 2025.
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