After scrapping a second attempt to get its new 30-story lunar rocket off the ground due to a fuel leak, NASA officials said Saturday it may not be possible to try again this month.
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(L-R) Kennedy Space Center Press Secretary, Jackie McGuinness; NASA Administrator, Bill Nelson; Associate Administrator for Exploration Systems Development, James Free; and Artemis Mission Manager, Mike Sarafin; hold a press conference after the launch of the Artemis I unmanned lunar rocket was postponed, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on September 3, 2022. - NASA announced Saturday that a third attempt to launch its new lunar rocket would not occur in the coming days, after a fuel leak caused a second launch attempt to be halted. The current launch period for the Artemis 1 mission "ends on Tuesday. We will not be launching in this launch period," said Free. (Photo by Chandan Khanna / AFP)
2022-09-04 12:23:32
After scrapping a second attempt to get its new 30-story lunar rocket off the ground due to a fuel leak, NASA officials said Saturday it may not be possible to try again this month.
The current launch window for NASA's Artemis 1 mission to the Moon ends Tuesday and is "definitely off the table," said Jim Free, associate administrator for Exploration Systems Development, at a press conference Saturday.
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