NASA will not conduct another fueling and
countdown test of its moon rocket, the agency said last
Thursday. Instead, it will repair a hydrogen leak, then roll it
back to the launchpad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida
in late August for its first launch attempt. NASA got most of
the way through the “wet dress rehearsal,” this week in which
they fueled the Space Launch System’s two-stage rockets with
more than 700,000L liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen. But it
was cut down 29 seconds in by the hydrogen leak. Still, Nasa
was pleased by the results: “It was the best day!” Charlie
Blackweel-Thompson, the Artemis launch director, told
reporters after the test. “It was a very successful day, and we
accomplished a majority of the objectives that we had not
completed in the prior” tests, he finished After this week
NASA was unsure if they should redo the test once more,
which would have marked their fifth attempt.
“NASA has reviewed the data from the
rehearsal and determined the testing campaign is complete,”
the agency said in a statement. The agency will “NASA has
reviewed the data from the rehearsal and determined the
testing campaign is complete,” the agency said in a statement.
The agency will come between Aug. 23 and Sept. 6. The
launch will be known as Artemis I, during which they will
send the Orion capsule. It will be followed by Artemis II,
perhaps in 2024, during which four astronauts will fly in Orion
around the moon but not land. The first landing could come in
2025, but that date depends on the success of the prior
missions and the availability of the vehicles.
countdown test of its moon rocket, the agency said last
Thursday. Instead, it will repair a hydrogen leak, then roll it
back to the launchpad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida
in late August for its first launch attempt. NASA got most of
the way through the “wet dress rehearsal,” this week in which
they fueled the Space Launch System’s two-stage rockets with
more than 700,000L liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen. But it
was cut down 29 seconds in by the hydrogen leak. Still, Nasa
was pleased by the results: “It was the best day!” Charlie
Blackweel-Thompson, the Artemis launch director, told
reporters after the test. “It was a very successful day, and we
accomplished a majority of the objectives that we had not
completed in the prior” tests, he finished After this week
NASA was unsure if they should redo the test once more,
which would have marked their fifth attempt.
“NASA has reviewed the data from the
rehearsal and determined the testing campaign is complete,”
the agency said in a statement. The agency will “NASA has
reviewed the data from the rehearsal and determined the
testing campaign is complete,” the agency said in a statement.
The agency will come between Aug. 23 and Sept. 6. The
launch will be known as Artemis I, during which they will
send the Orion capsule. It will be followed by Artemis II,
perhaps in 2024, during which four astronauts will fly in Orion
around the moon but not land. The first landing could come in
2025, but that date depends on the success of the prior
missions and the availability of the vehicles.
