Moonk Rocket: Artemis fuels up as NASA prepares for 2nd launch attempt this week!

Cape Canaveral, Florida – NASA began refueling its new lunar rocket Saturday for a test flight that should go well before astronauts board. For the second time this week, the launch team began loading nearly one million gallons of fuel into the 322-foot (98-meter) rocket, the most powerful rocket NASA has ever built. Monday’s attempt was halted due to a bad engine sensor and a fuel leak. As the sun rose, the overpressure alarm went off and tank operation was halted briefly, but no damage occurred and efforts resumed, NASA’s…

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NASA’s new moon rocket Artemis to make space debut in test for astronauts!

Cape Canaveral, Florida – A fuel leak halted NASA’s countdown to the launch of its new lunar rocket early Monday, resurfacing at the same spot that saw the leak during a spring rehearsal. Launch controllers halted the tank’s operation, which had already been delayed by an hour due to thunderstorms outside. They slowly resumed the process to make sure it was indeed a hydrogen fuel leak and not faulty sensors, but the alarms forced another pause as the precious minutes in the countdown approached. The 322-foot (98-meter) rocket is the…

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