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NASA Will Make Another Attempt to Launch Artemis Moon Rocket on Saturday - Official

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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - NASA will make another attempt to launch the Artemis moon rocket on Saturday, the space agency's Artemis Mission Manager Mike Sarafin... 31.08.2022, Sputnik International

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"We also agreed to move our launch date to Saturday, September the third," Sarafin said on Tuesday.On Monday, NASA called off a planned test flight of the Artemis rocket around the moon after a series of setbacks including an engine issue, a hydrogen leak, and stormy weather off the coast of Florida.Sarafin added that Artemis will have a two-hour launch window on Saturday set to begin at 2:17 p.m. Eastern Time (6:17 p.m. GMT).NASA's Artemis launch director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson mentioned that if Saturday's launch is scrubbed due to a weather issue, another launch attempt could occur as soon as Monday.NASA officials said they plan to start the engine chill earlier to get the RS-25 engines on the bottom of the core stage to the proper temperature range for liftoff and the hydrogen leak will be fixed on the pad later this week.

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NASA Will Make Another Attempt to Launch Artemis Moon Rocket on Saturday - Official

02:08 GMT 31.08.2022 (Updated: 20:47 GMT 19.10.2022)

© AP Photo / John RaouxThe NASA Artemis rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard stands on pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Friday, March 18, 2022. NASA is kicking off a critical countdown test for its new moon rocket. The two-day dress rehearsal began Friday, April 1, 2022 at Florida's Kennedy Space Center and will culminate Sunday with the loading of the rocket's fuel tanks.

The NASA Artemis rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard stands on pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Friday, March 18, 2022. NASA is kicking off a critical countdown test for its new moon rocket. The two-day dress rehearsal began Friday, April 1, 2022 at Florida's Kennedy Space Center and will culminate Sunday with the loading of the rocket's fuel tanks. - Sputnik International, 1920, 31.08.2022

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - NASA will make another attempt to launch the Artemis moon rocket on Saturday, the space agency's Artemis Mission Manager Mike Sarafin said during a conference call with reporters.

"We also agreed to move our launch date to Saturday, September the third," Sarafin said on Tuesday.

On Monday, NASA called off a planned test flight of the Artemis rocket around the moon after a series of setbacks including an engine issue, a hydrogen leak, and stormy weather off the coast of Florida.

Sarafin added that Artemis will have a two-hour launch window on Saturday set to begin at 2:17 p.m. Eastern Time (6:17 p.m. GMT).

The NASA moon rocket stands ready less than 24 hours before it is scheduled to launch on Pad 39B for the Artemis 1 mission to orbit the moon at the Kennedy Space Center, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. - Sputnik International, 1920, 30.08.2022

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NASA's Artemis launch director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson mentioned that if Saturday's launch is scrubbed due to a weather issue, another launch attempt could occur as soon as Monday.

NASA officials said they plan to start the engine chill earlier to get the RS-25 engines on the bottom of the core stage to the proper temperature range for liftoff and the hydrogen leak will be fixed on the pad later this week.