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NASA’s Artemis team will take a second shot at a launch on Saturday after the first attempt on Monday was scrubbed.
Team leaders at a media briefing Tuesday said the two-hour launch window for the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft will begin around 2:17 p.m. ET on Saturday. Weather for Saturday indicates some rainy weather but conditions favorable enough for the team to work with, according to NASA.
The launch team reviewed data from Monday’s launch and settled on a game plan to resolve several issues, including an engine that failed to cool down and led to the launch delay.
John Honeycutt, the manager for the SLS program, said he was confident in the Artemis team’s ability ahead of the second launch attempt.
“We’ve got a path forward,” he said. “We’re in the mode now of processing the data that we got and updating our approach prior to the next launch attempt.
