NASA, 3 September new launch date for the Artemis 1 lunar mission

NASA is aiming for Saturday 3 September as the new launch date for the Artemis 1 mission to the Moon. The estimated time is at 14:17 Edt when in Italy it will be 20.17 in the evening, and the launch window lasts two hours. The Artemis I mission represents the start of NASA’s new lunar program, with ESA and Europe and with strong Italian participation, and is the first integrated test of NASA’s Orion spacecraft, the Space Launch System rocket (Sls ) and NASA’s ground systems at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Read also NASA reports that the mission leaders met on Tuesday to discuss the data and develop a plan to address the problems that emerged during a launch attempt on August 29, problems that made the US space agency decide to stop the launch for the flight test. In fact, during that launch attempt, NASA recalls that “the teams were unable to cool the four RS-25 engines to about minus 420 degrees F, with engine 3 exhibiting higher temperatures than the other engines. team also found a hydrogen leak on a component of the tail service shaft’s quick disconnect umbilical, called the purge can, and managed the leak by manually adjusting the propellant flow rates. “