SLS was then rolled back to KSC's Vehicle Assembly Building for repairs and to shelter it from Hurricane Ian, which slammed into Florida's Space Coast in late September. 3 was also scrubbed when a hydrogen leak was detected during the rocket's lengthy fueling process. 29 was scrubbed due to a glitch in the cooling process that one of the rocket's four main engines experienced.
This was the third launch attempt for Artemis 1.
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"The legacy that this professional crew put together in getting us to this day over the years is a legacy that has been well earned and will continue as we now explore the heavens as we go back to the moon, and then we go to Mars," Nelson said in the same conference. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson praised the team, which got the 77-ton (70 metric tonnes) rocket to the successful debut launch through years of delays caused by challenges including the COVID pandemic. We're just barely starting to scratch the surface of the Artemis program and gather data."
We're going to learn a lot more as we go. "Today we got to witness the world's most powerful rocket take the Earth by its edges and shake the wicked out of it," Mike Sarafin, NASA's Artemis mission manager said in a post-launch news conference. With all issues resolved, the rocket finally cleared the launch pad, sending powerful shock waves through the ground and air that reminded onlookers of the uniqueness of the moment. The ethernet issue was fixed while the launch countdown was at the planned T-10 minutes hold. Space Force Eastern Range caused further uncertainty, prompting a "no-go" on the range until a replacement was found. NASA sent a specialized "Red Crew" to the tower to tighten packing nuts to stop the leak, a process that took roughly an hour.įollowing that fix, a separate issue with an ethernet switch at a radar site on the U.S.
While the SLS upper stage fueling process was underway roughly three hours prior to launch, an intermittent leak was detected in the liquid hydrogen replenishment valve on Artemis 1's mobile launch tower. (Image credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls)Īs in previous attempts, this morning's try saw its share of setbacks. NASA's Artemis 1 mission launches toward the moon from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Nov.
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