NASA cleans up Artemis launched by engine failure

After months of intense preparation, NASA’s Artemis I mission will remain stationary for the time being. The launch, scheduled for early Monday morning, is one of the largest in the space agency’s history, and he will now look forward to heading into space sometime next month. According to mission manager Mike Sarafin, one of the rocket launch system’s engines failed during a pre-launch test.

Sarafin said after the launch was called off (via CBS News). “The team was tired at the end of the day, and we just decided it was better to get rid of him and resume the meeting tomorrow.”

While crews supplied the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket that would carry the Orion capsule into space, the observers discovered they were unable to cool one of the rocket’s four engines. Being able to cool the engines with liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen is a required step prior to takeoff and because all four rockets could not achieve cooling, the task was left on the ground.

“The launch controllers condition the engines by increasing pressure on the primary stage tanks to bleed some coolant fuel into the engines to reach the appropriate temperature range to start them,” NASA officials said in a press release. statement. “Engine 3 is not properly conditioned by the liquefaction process, and engineers are troubleshooting it.”

Once out of Earth’s atmosphere, the Orion capsule and SLS are set to separate, sending the first on a 42-day test flight around the moon. Artemis I is slated to be an unmanned mission while Artemis II will have a crew on a similar flight path. Artemis III, currently scheduled for launch in 2025, will return America to the lunar surface for the first time since 1972.

Engineers and task managers on the project are now scheduled to meet on Tuesday to assess data obtained during Monday’s faulty launch. NASA has not yet set a new launch date, but it notes that the earliest launch date will be Friday, September 2 at 12:48 p.m. ET.

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