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NASA officials say they're on a path to addressing hydrogen fuel leaks that have plagued both attempts to launch the Artemis I moon mission, with the second of those leaks on Saturday morning serious enough to require a scrub of the second try at launching the new rocket system.
NASA updated plans for a third attempt to launch Artemis I space mission. NASA engineers said they’ve got a handle on a hydrogen fuel leak that scrubbed the second launch attempt on Saturday but still need to obtain a critical safety waiver from Kennedy Space Center to be ready for the next try on Sept. 23 or Sept. 27.
For the second time in a week, NASA's attempt to launch the Artemis I space mission was scrubbed, this time due to a leak in the liquid hydrogen fueling process that could not be solved in time to make the two-hour launch window that was set to open at 2:17 EDT.
For the second time in a week, technical issues led to a launch scrub for the historic Artemis I space mission. This time around, a pesky fuel leak could not be addressed in time to make the two-hour launch window that was set to open at 2:17 p.m. EDT.
Technical glitches scrubbed the launch of the historic Artemis I space mission. NASA solved the problems and should be ready to fire up the massive Space Launch System rockets for Saturday launch attempt. Artemis I is part of a program to return astronauts to the moon..