NASA has once again waved off an attempt to launch its massive new moon rocket on an uncrewed test mission because of technical issues. 9News
on an uncrewed test mission because of technical issues.
The liquid hydrogen leak was detected at 7.15am ET in the quick disconnect cavity that feeds the rocket with hydrogen in the engine section of the core stage. It was a different leak than one that occurred ahead of the scrubbed launch on Monday. The process put the team behind schedule with an initial delay on the countdown before the take off was aborted all together.
The team has since determined it was a bad sensor providing the reading – they plan to ignore the faulty sensor moving forward, according to John Blevins, Space Launch Systems chief engineer.After Artemis I launches, Orion's journey will last 37 days as it travels to the moon, loops around it and returns to Earth – traveling a total of 2.1 million kilometres.
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