The second attempt at the final, crucial prelaunch test for NASA’s Artemis I mission to the moon was scrubbed on Monday.
The second attempt at the final, crucial prelaunch test for NASA's Artemis I mission to the moon was scrubbed on Monday.
The wet dress rehearsal, as NASA calls it, simulates every stage of launch without the rocket actually leaving the launchpad. This includes powering on the 322-foot-tall Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft, loading supercold propellant into the rocket's tanks, going through a full countdown simulating launch, resetting the countdown clock and draining the rocket tanks.
— NASA Artemis April 4, 2022 Sunday's delay came after the rocket weathered four lightening strikes during a powerful thunderstorm at Kennedy Space Center on Saturday. However, the fan issue that forced Sunday's delay was not thought to be connected to the storm, NASA said.
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