NASA made the difficult decision to delay the launch of Artemis I just two minutes after the two-hour launch window opened.
NASA made the very difficult decision to delay the launch of Artemis I just two minutes after the two-hour launch window opened at 8:33 a.m. Eastern. While disappointing, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said, “We don’t launch until it’s right.”The long-awaited launch of Artemis I will have to wait a bit longer, as an issue with an engine bleed has caused the team to scrub the launch this morning. When asked what an engine bleed meant on its Twitter account, NASA responded, “An engine bleed is part of our regular pre-launch operations to prepare the engines. Teams prefer to not put super cold fuel in warm engines, so we run liquid nitrogen through them first to chill them down.
