KAHULUI, Hawaii — With the Space Launch System now safely back inside the Vehicle Assembly Building ahead of Hurricane Ian, NASA is now studying what work to do on the rocket to prepare for a next launch attempt unlikely to occur before mid-November. The SLS and Orion spacecraft arrived back […]
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WASHINGTON — NASA will move the Space Launch System rocket from its launch pad back the Vehicle Assembly Building as a precaution for an approaching hurricane, a decision that may delay the Artemis 1 mission until November. NASA announced Sept. 26 that mission managers decided, after days of deliberation, to […]
PARIS — NASA said it completed all the objectives of a Space Launch System tanking test Sept. 21 despite the reoccurrence of liquid hydrogen leaks. The day-long test at Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39B involved filling the SLS core stage and upper stage with liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen […]
Launch director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson (at left) and launch team members Wes Mosedale and Jeremy Graeber monitor data inside Firing Room 1 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida during a tanking test. (NASA Photo / Kim Shiflett) NASA says it achieved all its objectives during today’s launch-pad rehearsal for fueling […]
PARIS — NASA officials say they’re ready to try a new approach to fueling the Space Launch System to prevent the return of leaks that scrubbed an earlier launch attempt even though they are not certain what caused that leak. Preparations are underway for the Sept. 21 tanking test of […]
WASHINGTON — NASA will attempt to fix on the pad a liquid hydrogen seal that caused a Space Launch System scrub, keeping open the option to proceed with a new launch attempt later this month. In a statement late Sept. 6, NASA said that technicians will proceed with plans to […]
It’s been a bit of a bumpy road, but NASA’s ambitious, expensive and intricate Artemis program could launch on Saturday afternoon. Within a few hours, Artemis I could be heading to lunar orbit, half a century after the space agency wrapped up it’s transformative Apollo missions. Initially, Artemis I’s launch was planned for Monday, but […]
NASA’s Space Launch System rocket stands on its Florida launch pad. (NASA Photo / Joel Kowsky) NASA is counting down once again to the first-ever liftoff of its Space Launch System rocket for an uncrewed round-the-moon test flight that’s expected to set the stage for future lunar landings. Launch from […]