More Delays For Nasa S Moon Rocket Test Fueling Stalled

Launchers twice attempted – one Sunday and again Monday – to load nearly 1 million gallons of fuel into the 98-meter rocket, known as the Space Launch System or SLS. Balky fans on the launch pad prevented the first attempt, while a stuck valve stopped the second attempt. The countdown test is the last major milestone before the long-awaited rocket launch debut. The Orion crew capsule at the top of the rocket will be launched to the moon in a test flight without passengers, will rotate but will not land before returning to Earth. NASA is aiming for June, depending on how the show goes. “We did not achieve everything we wanted, but we certainly learned a lot that we will do in our next endeavor,” said NASA’s Jim Free, who is in charge of developing exploration systems. Speaking Tuesday at the space foundation’s annual conference in Colorado Springs, Free said the launch team will wait until SpaceX launches four private passengers to the International Space Station before crashing into another fuel supply test. The takeoff is scheduled for Friday from the Kennedy Space Center, just a mile from the pillow holding the SLS rocket. The rehearsal general started on Friday and should have lasted only two days. A severe storm led to four thunderstorms on the board on Saturday, but officials did not believe it caused any of the technical problems. After this first lunar launch in NASA’s Artemis program, NASA will send a crew around the Moon in 2024 and then attempt the first lunar landing by astronauts in about 2025. The astronauts last walked on the moon in 1972 during NASA’s Apollo program.

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title: “More Delays For Nasa S Moon Rocket Test Fueling Stalled " ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-21” author: “Rebecca Rastorfer”

Launchers twice attempted – one Sunday and again Monday – to load nearly 1 million gallons of fuel into the 98-meter rocket, known as the Space Launch System or SLS. Balky fans on the launch pad prevented the first attempt, while a stuck valve stopped the second attempt. The countdown test is the last major milestone before the long-awaited rocket launch debut. The Orion crew capsule at the top of the rocket will be launched to the moon in a test flight without passengers, will rotate but will not land before returning to Earth. NASA is aiming for June, depending on how the show goes. “We did not achieve everything we wanted, but we certainly learned a lot that we will do in our next endeavor,” said NASA’s Jim Free, who is in charge of developing exploration systems. Speaking Tuesday at the space foundation’s annual conference in Colorado Springs, Free said the launch team will wait until SpaceX launches four private passengers to the International Space Station before crashing into another fuel supply test. The takeoff is scheduled for Friday from the Kennedy Space Center, just a mile from the pillow holding the SLS rocket. The rehearsal general started on Friday and should have lasted only two days. A severe storm led to four thunderstorms on the board on Saturday, but officials did not believe it caused any of the technical problems. After this first lunar launch in NASA’s Artemis program, NASA will send a crew around the Moon in 2024 and then attempt the first lunar landing by astronauts in about 2025. The astronauts last walked on the moon in 1972 during NASA’s Apollo program.

The Associated Press Department of Health and Science receives support from the Science Education Department of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. The AP is solely responsible for all content.