NASA was compelled to postpone the flight of its Artemis I mission to the Moon on Monday because of an engine bleed situation that would not be remedied in time for launch.
The House Launch System was initially slated to blast off from the Kennedy House Station at 8.33 am native time.
NASA officers confirmed the flight had been “scrubbed.”
“Launch controllers have been persevering with to judge why a bleed take a look at to get the RS-25 engines on the underside of the core stage to the right temperature vary for liftoff was not profitable, and ran out of time within the two-hour launch window. Engineers are persevering with to collect further knowledge,” NASA mentioned in a weblog put up.
(…)