The Space Agency hoped to launch its monthly Mission of Artemis 1, but the leakage of hydrogen fuel, found about seven hours before the start, preventing attempts. NASA engineers tried to heat the tank connector and cool it with cold fuel to stop the leakage. There was no success attempted. After that, the technical experts tried to heat the tank connector and cool it with cold fuel to stop the leakage. These attempts also failed.
Now the space agency will have to wait until Monday (September 5) to make the next start -up attempt. But if NASA has to return the SLS Artemis rocket back to the hangar of the construction of vehicles for repair, the launch will be transferred to October. According to NASA Artemis, this is the second planned unmanned flight of spacecraft Orion, which will be launched by SLS. It is used for such purposes for the first time.
The spacecraft is expected to awaken in space for three weeks, taking into account six days in retrograde orbit around the moon. There will be dummies on board. If successful, this will be the first capsule to fly to the Earth's satellite after NASA Apollo 50 years ago.
Artemis 1 is designed to demonstrate the capabilities of integrated Orion systems for further manned missions, as well as for the test of thermal insulation of the ship during high -speed (11 km/s) entry into the atmosphere when returned to the ground. The next Mission of Artemis 2 can take place in 2023. We will remind, on August 31 NASA for the second time tried to launch a rocket for a month. The attempt was not successful again.
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