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NASA To Re-Attempt Artemis 1 Launch On Sept 3

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OB Bureau

New Delhi: NASA, which on Monday called off the launch of Artemis I from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida following a glitch in one of the rocket’s engines, will re-attempt the launch on Saturday (September 3).

During the countdown on Monday, one of the four RS-25 engines of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket did not cool to the desired low temperature — about minus 420 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 250 degrees Celsius).

Engine 3 cooled to roughly minus 380 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 230 Celsius), John Honeycutt, manager of the SLS program at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama, said. NASA engineers suspect a faulty temperature sensor on Engine 3.

Artemis I is an uncrewed mission, the first step of the Artemis program, which aims to put humans on the moon once again and then on Mars.

The Artemis I mission will last 42 days, during which it will join the lunar orbit. The capsule will splash down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego, California.

OB Bureau

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