The much anticipated mission to send a NASA rocket around the moon is at risk of further delays and possibly missing its two-hour launch window for the second time in a week due to mechanical glitches.
(Bloomberg) — The much anticipated mission to send a NASA rocket around the moon is at risk of further delays and possibly missing its two-hour launch window for the second time in a week due to mechanical glitches.
The problem this time is another hydrogen leak in the engine cavity, which is preventing NASA from fully loading liquid hydrogen into the rocket for launch. The issue will need to be resolved before NASA’s Artemis I mission can lift off.
A similar hydrogen leak was one of several issues that contributed to NASA’s decision to scrub the launch last Monday morning. Should NASA scrub Saturday’s launch, the next possible window would be this Monday, Sept. 5.
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