Update: Let’s try again. After two canceled launch dates for NASA’s Artemis I moon rocket, Tuesday is set for the next attempt, reports Space.com . The previous two.
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Update: Let’s try again. After two canceled launch dates for NASA’s Artemis I moon rocket, Tuesday is set for the next attempt, reports Space.com. The previous two tries, on Aug. 29 and Sept. 3, were nixed due to technical worries, including a fuel leak. That leak has since been remedied, and all systems are go for the launch from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center, though there is one thing that could delay the plan once again: Tropical Storm Ian, which is gathering strength in the Caribbean and is on track to slam into Cuba and the Sunshine State early next week. Artemis’ team will make a final decision on Saturday regarding whether to proceed with the launch, reports CNN. Our original story from Sept. 3 follows:
NASA’s new moon rocket sprang another dangerous fuel leak Saturday, forcing launch controllers to call off their second attempt to send a crew capsule into lunar orbit with test dummies.
