Artemis 1 Moon Launch Is Scrubbed After NASA Engineers Discover Leak In Engine

 

Daily Mail: One giant step backwards! Artemis 1 moon launch is scrubbed after NASA engineers discover a leak in engine 3 that was not tested in its last dress rehearsal - postponing second-attempt at lift-off until September 2 

* NASA scrubbed the Artemis I mission at 8:35am ET due to a leaking engine on the $22.2B rocket 

* The issue was not tested in the last dress rehearsal, so engineers need more time to formulate a fix 

* NASA is now eyeing Friday, September 2 at 12:48pm ET for the second attempt of the Artemis I launch 

* The Artemis I mission is a vital first step if US space agency is to land humans on the moon in three years' time 

* It has been 50 years since people last walked on the lunar surface, when Apollo 17 landed in December 1972 

NASA was forced to postpone its highly anticipated Artemis I mission Monday following a leak in engine 3 that was not detected in the last wet dress rehearsal due to testing being cut short because of a separate hydrogen leak. 

The issue was identified around 7:30am ET and the launch was officially scrubbed at 8:35am ET. Now the hundreds of thousands of people who attended the event are heading home without seeing the first stage of the epic moon mission kick off. 

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WNU Editor: I always follow each country's space programs closely. This is a disappointment. The next attempt will happen on September 2.