An engine issue forced NASA to call off the launch of its mega moon rocket just 40 minutes before it was due to lift off on Monday morning. So now what?
An issue with one of the four main engines forced NASA to call off the launch of its mega moon rocket just 40 minutes before it was due to lift off on Monday morning.
As of Monday night, the new Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft remain on Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida while the Artemis I mission team consider what to do next.
The next opportunity to launch the Artemis I mission to the moon is on Friday, September 2. But this can only happen if NASA engineers can quickly fix the issue that it spotted on the number three engine of the rocket’s core stage earlier on Monday.
Failing that, the next window opens on Monday, September 5.
