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NASA moon rocket back in hangar, launch unlikely until November
28Sep By adminNo Comments
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NASA moon rocket back in hangar, launch unlikely until November

[ad_1] NASA’s moon rocket returned to the safety of its hangar Tuesday as Hurricane Ian approached Florida. NASA's moon rocket returned to the safety of its hangar Tuesday as Hurricane Ian approached Florida, its launch now unlikely before mid-November. Instead of trying to send it on its first test flight, the launch team moved the 322-foot (98-meter) rocket off the pad at Kennedy Space Center. The four-mile (6.4-kilometer) trip took all night. NASA official Jim Free said it would be difficult to upgrade the rocket and get it back to the pad for an October launch attempt. Putting in fresh batteries is particularly challenging, Free noted, making it doubtful a launch could be attempted before the mid-to-late October laun...
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Moon Rocket Launch “Definitely Off The Table” In The Current Window: NASA
3Sep By adminNo Comments
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Moon Rocket Launch “Definitely Off The Table” In The Current Window: NASA

[ad_1] A fuel leak halted the launch of the new moon rocket during the second attempt.United States: After scrapping a second attempt to get its new 30-story rocket off the ground due to fuel leak, NASA announced on Saturday it will not try again during its current window of opportunity, which ends early next week.Determined by the position of the Earth and Moon, the current launch period for NASA's Artemis 1 mission ends Tuesday and is "definitely off the table," said Jim Free, associate administrator for Exploration Systems Development, at a press conference Saturday, without confirming a new date.The next possible launch windows according to NASA are September 19 to October 4 and then October 17 to 31.Millions around the globe and crowds gathered on beaches in Florida had hoped to wit...
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NASA Set For 2nd Attempt At Artemis 1 Lunar Launch
3Sep By adminNo Comments
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NASA Set For 2nd Attempt At Artemis 1 Lunar Launch

[ad_1] Artemis aims to return astronauts to the moon's surface as early as 2025.Cape Canaveral: Ground teams at Kennedy Space Center prepared on Saturday for a second try at launching NASA's towering, next-generation moon rocket on its debut flight, hoping to have remedied engineering problems that foiled the initial countdown five days earlier.The 32-story tall Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and its Orion capsule were due for blastoff from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 2:17 p.m. EDT (1817 GMT), kicking off NASA's ambitious moon-to-Mars program Artemis program 50 years after the last Apollo lunar mission. (Graphic: https://tmsnrt.rs/3PPRsbN)The previous launch bid on Monday ended with technical problems forcing a halt to the countdown and postponement of the uncrewed flight.Tests indicat...
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Nasa’s Artemis 1 launch postponed! Engine scraps light the candle moment
30Aug By adminNo Comments
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Nasa’s Artemis 1 launch postponed! Engine scraps light the candle moment

[ad_1] Nasa has postponed the launch of its Artemis 1 mission from the Kennedy Space Center due to a malfunction in one of the engines. The Artemis 1 mission was due for launch at 6:03pm IST yesterday from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. However, Nasa postponed the launch due to a technical snag. Despite all the attempts to launch, Nasa ultimately scrapped the launch. NASA administrator Bill Nelson said, “We don't launch until it's right. This is a very complicated machine. You don't want to light the candle until it's ready to go.” The Artemis missions are Nasa's attempt to send man back to the Moon for the first time since the Apollo 17 mission in 1972.According to Nasa, yesterday's launch was postponed...
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