WASHINGTON, Sept. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Following the Artemis I launch scrub Saturday from Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the company will maintain a media briefing no sooner than 4 p.m. EDT on Saturday Sept. 3, to focus on mission standing. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson supplied preliminary remarks following the scrub.
Artemis I is a flight take a look at to launch NASA’s Space Launch System rocket and an uncrewed Orion spacecraft across the Moon earlier than the Artemis II mission with astronauts aboard.
The briefing will livestream on NASA Television and the company’s app. Watch on the company’s web site at:
Charlie Blackwell-Thompson, NASA’s Artemis launch director, waived off the Artemis I launch try at roughly 11:17 a.m. Teams encountered a liquid hydrogen leak whereas loading the propellant into the rocket’s core stage. Multiple troubleshooting efforts to deal with the realm of the leak by reseating a seal within the fast disconnect the place liquid hydrogen is fed into the rocket didn’t repair the difficulty. Engineers are persevering with to collect extra information.
The following people are confirmed to take part within the information briefing presently, with extra contributors to be decided:
- NASA Administrator Bill Nelson
- Jim Free, affiliate administrator for Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters
- Mike Sarafin, Artemis mission supervisor, NASA Headquarters
To take part by phone, media should RSVP by the beginning of the decision to: [email protected].
Through Artemis missions, NASA will land the primary lady and the primary particular person of coloration on the Moon, paving the best way for a long-term lunar presence and serving as a steppingstone to ship astronauts to Mars.
For updates, comply with alongside on NASA’s Artemis blog.
SOURCE NASA
