NASA is debating the launch of Artemis 1 due to technical issues

NASA’s Artemis 1 launch was scrapped on Monday. Fuel leaks have forced NASA to ditch its new moon rocket on an unmanned test flight. Now, NASA engineers must determine how much tuning the engine needs. Is this something that can be paddled, or does it have to come back to VAB? NASA provided an update Monday afternoon after the scrub was completed. “It’s not going to fly until it’s ready. There are millions of components to this rocket. And the complexity of its systems and bringing it all to a countdown center is daunting,” NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said during the update. “Scrubs Understand that this is part of the plan,” Nelson said. .Artemis 1 Mission Manager Mike Sarafin says that Artemis 1 has been inspecting the launch pad after lightning struck the towers on Saturday. After evaluation, it was concluded that there was no problem with the rocket. On Monday, Sarafin said, the committee had to resolve a matter. Software problem “The team ran into a problem validating the Orion software,” Sarafin said. It was resolved once it was identified as a misconfiguration related to the control module not being activated. Tanking continued to be delayed by an hour. A lightning alert was issued at the Kennedy Space Center. Then, according to Saraf, a hydrogen leak led to the loading delay. The team quickly cooled the interface and worked through the hydrogen leak. Sarafin discussed problems with an engine that the NASA team encountered Monday morning. According to NASA, the engineering team repaired an Engine 3 bleed in the center stage and the countdown was on. “We ran into a problem cooling engine #3. The engine needs to be at cryogenically cold temperatures so that when it starts, it won’t be shocked by all the cold fuel flowing through it,” Sarafin said. The issue of an additional vent valve in the inner tank caused NASA to scavenge. There were weather conditions. It was a hurdle the team had to overcome. He says rain and lightning can make travel prohibitive. Sarafin said the Friday release window is running, but the team will need time to look at the data. NASA administrators Traitor Bill Nelson said of the launch: “We’re not going to launch until it’s fixed. Actually, they have a problem with the gases going into the engine bleed in one of the engines. You can’t go, there are some guidelines,” Nelson said. The next missile attempt won’t take place until Friday at the earliest. The release window on Friday opens at 12:48 PM and remains open until 2:48 PM. It is expected to arrive early Monday morning and take off from Launch Pad 39-B. The launch window opened at 8:33 a.m. and was supposed to remain open until 10:33 p.m. Technical issues forced the launch to be scrapped minutes after the window opened. Related: Artemis 1: Everything you need to know for launch day Previous coverage Below: Hundreds of thousands of people will catch a great view of Brevard County They visit in the hope that Anywhere from 100,000 to 500,000 people are expected to land on the Space Coast. Monday’s introduction is a school holiday.” Be patient. Watch out for pedestrians, because a lot of people are going to be crossing the streets,” said Dan Walker with Brevard County Emergency Management Response. the size of Brevard County on a Monday morning,” Walker said. RELATED: Meet the mannequins headed for the moon on Artemis I, the rocket that will launch without astronauts and circle the moon before returning to Earth. Rather than astronauts, a mannequin named Commander Mooney’s Combos Orion Piloting the spacecraft, two mannequin torsos called Helga and Zohar go along for the ride. The Artemis project aims to land the first woman and first man on the Moon and eventually send astronauts to Mars. The new Space Launch System rocket, the Orion spacecraft, and several other components designed to make deep space travel safer for humans. ecraft for testing Artemis 2, slated for launch in 2024. See more Artemis 1 coverage below: Related: Fuel leak interrupts NASA’s Artemis I launch countdown lies Here’s what you need to know. RELATED: Launch at Kennedy Space Center Related: UCF students, researchers involved in Artemis program RELATED: Artemis 1 mission ‘critical step’ back to moon RELATED: Vice President Kamala Harris heads to Florida for Artemis 1 launch RELATED: ‘Time to get down to business’: Final Cap Preparations underway for Artemis 1 launch from Canaveral Related: Artemis launch could help NASA gain early lead in moon race with China

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