A bleed issue in one of the four RS-25 rocket engines scrubbed Monday’s launch of the Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft.
During a media briefing to update the status of NASA's Artemis I launch status on Tuesday, it was announced the relaunch date has been rescheduled for Saturday, Sept. 4 to give engineers time to address leakage issues.will try again to launch the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft on Saturday after engineers fix an issue with one of the RS-25 engines that scrubbed Monday’s launch attempt.
Artemis 1 mission managers announced Tuesday, that teams are preparing for a second attempt to launch the Space Launch System rocket during a 120-minute window opening at 2:17 p.m. FILE - A NASA helicopter flies past the agency’s Space Launch System rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard atop the mobile launcher at Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. NASA’s Artemis I flight teHowever, the issue was not with the engine hardware but with the bleed system used to get the engine to temperature. Engines 1, 2 and 4 were close to temperature but engine 3 was not, NASA officials said. This could be caused by a hydrogen leak.
After a lightning delay, Launch Director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson gave the "go" to begin fueling the SLS on Monday around 1 a.m. Several potential hydrogen leak issues cropped up during the countdown but ultimately it was the engine temperature that caused the launch director to scrub the liftoff attempt just after 8:30 a.m. Monday.
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