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Photo: EFE/EPA/Joel Kowsky The launch of the unmanned lunar mission Artemis, scheduled for this Saturday, from Cape Canaveral (Florida) was canceled due to the impossibility of stopping a
The launch of the unmanned lunar mission Artemis, scheduled for this Saturday, from Cape Canaveral (Florida) was canceled due to the impossibility of stopping a leak detected in the channel to provide fuel to the SLS rocket in time.
This is the second postponement of the mission for technical reasons, which marks the start of the race for the future colonization of the Earth satellite.
The launch of Artemis I was canceled about three hours before the launch window of the SLS rocket spearheaded by the Orion spacecraft opened.
According to the mission schedule, the next launch window opens on Monday, September 5, a holiday due to Labor Day in the United States.
“Teams found a leak of liquid hydrogen while loading propellant into the core stage of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket,” NASA said.
“We’ll go when it’s ready.” NASA Administrator @SenBillNelson remarks on september 3 launch attempts #Artemis I’m doing a flight test to the moon. Updates from the team are expected as early as 16:00 ET (20:00 UTC). https://t.co/dMVnvEQcfC pic.twitter.com/ClBhVRexLs
— NASA (@NASA) September 3, 2022
“Multiple efforts” to fix the problem by repositioning the seal failed because fuel was pumped back into the rocket, so “the launch manager canceled the Artemis I launch attempt scheduled for today.” , the space agency said in a message. Artemis I mission website.
Mission engineers have tried to stop the liquid hydrogen leak at least three times.
The purpose of Artemis I is to test the capabilities of the powerful 98-metre (322 feet) SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and the four-astronaut-capacity Orion spacecraft.
As on August 29, when the first attempt had to be aborted due to a failure in one of the four RS-25 engines of the powerful SLS rocket, the area where the space center is located, called “Space Beach”. is filled with visitors who want to watch the launch this Saturday.
The $4.1 billion SLS rocket will send the Orion spacecraft into space for a 37-day, 23-hour, 53-minute mission in orbit of the moon.
Orion, the fastest and most powerful spacecraft ever built, capable of reaching speeds of 24.5 billion miles per hour (39,428 km/h), will have traveled 1.3 million miles (more than two million kilometers) when I return to Earth.
It is expected to splash into the Pacific Ocean west of San Diego, California.
After the historic Artemis I, NASA has two more Artemis missions planned. The second, originally set for 2024, will be a manned trip to the Moon, and the third will place the first crew on the surface of the Earth satellite more than 50 years later.
She will be the first woman and the first person of color to travel to the Moon on this team.
NASA’s Apollo 17 mission, launched in December 1972, was the last mission for American astronauts to travel to the Moon and walk on its surface.
Source: El Nacional
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