NASA scrubs second Artemis I launch attempt

NASA’s new moon rocket sprang another hazardous leak, as the launch team began fueling it for liftoff on the agency's Artemis I test flight.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA on Saturday called off another attempt to launch the agency's new moon rocket on a key test flight after a hazardous leak was detected during the fueling process.

The leak occurred as the launch team began loading nearly 1 million gallons of fuel into the 322-foot (98-meter) rocket, the most powerful ever built by NASA. A previous liftoff attempt Monday was halted by a bad engine sensor and leaking fuel.

NASA will not attempt another liftoff during the current launch period, which ends Tuesday, Jim Free, NASA's associate administrator for exploration systems development, said during a news conference Saturday afternoon.

As the sun rose over the launch pad, an over-pressure alarm sounded and the tanking operation was briefly halted, but no damage occurred and the effort resumed. But minutes later, hydrogen fuel began leaking from the engine section at the bottom of the rocket. NASA halted the operation, while engineers scrambled to plug what was believed to be a gap around a seal in the supply line.

An operations team tried three times to seal the “large leak,” but was unable to, Artemis mission manager Mike Serafin said during the news conference.

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/artemis-nasa-2nd-shot-launching-moon-rocket-rcna46196


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