(Morning News)Lunar exploration rocket launches.This is the second time NASA has canceled the new generation of the new generation, the huge "Artemis Plan" moon exploration rocket plan in the past five days.
The moon exploration rocket The second launch was originally scheduled toAt 17 points), the "Space Launch System" was equipped with a "Orion" spacecraft and launched from Florida Kennedy Aerospace Center.
However, about three hours before the launch, NASA pointed out that the problem of leakage occurred when transporting fuel to the rocket. The task team tried to solve this problem but did not succeed, so it decided to postpone the launch.
NASA said at a briefing on Saturday that the management team stated that because the problem of liquid hydrogen leakage has not been resolved, before it is fully prepared, the "Artemis 1" moon landing rocket will not.Perform launch.
NASA Director Nelson said at the briefing, "We will not launch until we think it is correct."He said that the problem of liquid hydrogen leakage that occurred was more serious than the previous time, and the technical team did not solve the problem with many attempts. Therefore, before launch, they needed a few weeks to perform data analysis and fault investigation. ThereforeThe management team may decide to launch time again next week.
"Artemis" is the new moon landing plan announced by the US government in 2019. It was originally planned to send US astronauts again in 2024Last month. Due to insufficient budgets and other reasons, NASA announced last November that the return of American astronauts to the moon may be delayed one year than the original plan.The Space Agency plans to conduct the unmanned lunar flight test code -named "Artemis 1" and the manned around the moon flight test code -named "Artemis 2".
