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Photo: EFE/EPA/Joel Kowsky Hours before the scheduled launch this Saturday from Cape Canaveral on Florida’s Atlantic coast, NASA’s Artemis I lunar mission team took action to stop a
Hours before the scheduled launch this Saturday from Cape Canaveral on Florida’s Atlantic coast, NASA’s Artemis I lunar mission team took action to stop a new leak in the liquid hydrogen supply system in the middle portion of the SLS rocket. Agency.
According to a message posted on the Artemis I mission’s website, after the leak area was pressurized with helium, the liquid hydrogen flow was restarted, but too slow to see if the leak had actually stopped.
For now, NASA has not mentioned the possibility of delaying this historic mission again, which will pave the way for the return of American astronauts to the Moon for future colonization of the Earth satellite.
The two-hour launch window opens at 2:17 PM (18:17 GMT) on Saturday, and if the launch needs to be delayed again for technical, meteorological or other reasons, the next attempt will be made on Monday 5th. September.
While filling the tank #Artemis My post developed a leak on the supply side of the 8-inch quick disconnect while trying to deliver fuel to the rocket. Attempts to fix it so far have been unsuccessful. Stay tuned for updates. https://t.co/6LVDrA1toy
— NASA (@NASA) September 3, 2022
Teams getting ready to launch #Artemis I’m on a mission to the moon. Watch the coverage of the rocket tanking process: https://t.co/6LVDrA1toy
— NASA (@NASA) September 3, 2022
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 full of visitors who want to watch the launch.
The purpose of this historic mission is to test the capabilities of the powerful 98-metre (322 feet) SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and the four-astronaut-capacity Orion spacecraft.
Costing $4.1 billion, the SLS rocket will carry the Orion spacecraft on its upper cone and orbit the moon over a six-week mission.
Orion will have traveled 1.3 million miles (more than two million kilometers) when it returns to Earth.
If the launch occurs this Saturday and there are no unforeseen events on the mission, Orion will splash into the Pacific Ocean west of San Diego, California on October 11.
NASA said Friday that since the August 29 failed attempt, mission teams have improved procedures, rehearsal operations and timelines.
Among other things, they repaired a leak in one of the pipes, called the hub by NASA, that goes from the mobile launch tower to provide power, fuel, coolant and communications from the mobile launch tower to the rocket and spacecraft.
Crews also readjusted or tightened bolts to ensure a tight seal while feeding supercooled thrusters through these lines.
NASA has two more Artemis missions planned. The second 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.
Third, she will be the first woman and first person of color to travel to the Moon.
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.
Man first set foot on the Moon during NASA’s historic Apollo XI mission on July 20, 1969. The Saturn V rocket, aboard the Eagle spacecraft, took off from Cape Canaveral four days ago with crew members Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin.
Source: El Nacional
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