Today, the American Space Agency announced that the launch of the new NASA lunar rocket SLS will not take place during the next few days, without specifying a new date for the operation.
The launch period, which ends on Tuesday, is “no longer on the table,” Jim Free, in charge of developing exploration systems at NASA, was quoted by AFP as saying.
The next launch periods, determined by the positions of the Earth and Moon, are from September 19 to October 4 and from October 17 to 31.
Fifty years after the last Apollo mission, Artemis’ new core program should allow for the establishment of a human presence on the Moon, allowing it to be used as a “stepping stone” to Mars.
The US space agency announced, for the second time in less than a week, the postponement of the launch of the new rocket today due to a fuel leak.
NASA said on the social network Twitter: “The Artemis I mission to the Moon has been postponed. The teams tried to solve a problem related to a leak in the ‘hardware’ that transferred fuel to the rocket, but it was unsuccessful”.
This is the second postponement of the test flight launch of the new missile, without a crew, after it was canceled on Monday due to technical issues.
The launch, now with no announced date, marks the start of the Artemis lunar program, with which the United States intends to return to the lunar surface in 2025, a year later than expected, placing its first female astronaut and first black woman. An astronaut on lunar soil.
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