Update: NASA Scrubs Artemis Launch Over Fuel Leaks

August 29, 2022 News, Science

CBS News reports:

After months of tests, troubleshooting and repairs, engineers fueled the Space Launch System moon rocket for blastoff early Monday on NASA’s long-overdue Artemis 1 test flight, a critical mission to send an unpiloted Orion crew capsule on a 42-day mission beyond the moon and back.

Running late because of stormy weather and troubleshooting to resolve an apparent hydrogen leak, 750,000 gallons of super-cold liquid oxygen and hydrogen fuel were loaded into the SLS core stage, clearing the way for another 22,000 gallons to be pumped into the upper stage.

Launch originally was planned for 8:33 a.m. EDT, the opening of a two-hour window. But time lost due to the weather, indications of a leak where hydrogen is fed into the base of the rocket and an engine cooling issue were expected to push liftoff to later in the window.

Update from the Orlando Sentinel:



The two-hour window for today’s launch attempt officially opened, and soon after NASA announced it was scrubbed. The earliest chance to launch will be Sept. 2, and then Sept. 5, but that could slip depending on the severity of the engine issue that was behind today’s scrub. Adrian Vasu, 25, of Seattle was among a crowd gathered at Jetty Park. “That’s not what you want to hear,” he said. “Well maybe I just have an unplanned vacation in Florida for a week.”

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