ULA Delta Heavy Launch From Cape Canaveral Scrubbed, Reset 24-Hour Cycle

By Space Coast Daily // August 11, 2018

launch window opens at 3:33 a.m. ET SUNDAY

ABOVE VIDEO: NASA TV Livestream

BREVARD COUNTY • CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA – United Launch Alliance Delta Heavy rocket, carrying NASA’s Parker Solar Probe, was scrubbed Saturday morning due to a Gaseous Helium Red Pressure alarm.

• Rocket: Delta IV Heavy
• Mission: Parker Solar Probe
• Launch Date: Sunday, Aug. 12, 2018
• Launch Time: TBD
• Launch Broadcast: TBD
• Launch Location: Space Launch Complex-37, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida

Mission Information: Parker Solar Probe is humanity’s first mission to the sun. After launch, it will orbit directly through the solar atmosphere – the corona – closer to the surface than any human-made object has ever gone.

While facing brutal heat and radiation, the mission will reveal fundamental science behind what drives the solar wind, the constant outpouring of material from the sun that shapes planetary atmospheres and affects space weather near Earth.

Parker Solar Probe is part of NASA’s Living With a Star Program to explore aspects of the connected sun-Earth system that directly affect life and society.

Launch Notes: Due to the extremely high energy required for this mission, the Delta IV Heavy’s capability will be augmented by a powerful third stage provided by Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems.

Launch coverage can be seen on Space Coast Daily TV

Parker #SolarProbe #NASAsocial group poses inside the Atlas Support Operations Center at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The ASOC is the launch control center for @ulalaunch rockets. pic.twitter.com/DTupflKa9M

— NASA Kennedy / KSC (@NASAKennedy) August 10, 2018

Our Parker #SolarProbe spacecraft launches Saturday for a mission to @NASASun that will help scientists learn more about solar wind – an exotic stew of magnetic forces, plasma and particles. Get more details from @NASAScienceCast: https://t.co/it9OxS89AQ pic.twitter.com/N9SS6cVg9j

— NASA (@NASA) August 10, 2018

Watch the live webcast with NASA EDGE during the @ulalaunch Mobile Service Tower rollback at Space Launch Complex-37. The live show begins at 6:30 p.m. and can be viewed on NASA TV and social media at: https://t.co/xb3hu5q83w https://t.co/PFqP3SxVDE pic.twitter.com/uXCSI5OPvl

— NASA Kennedy / KSC (@NASAKennedy) August 10, 2018

The #DeltaIV with Parker #SolarProbe has 3 boosters powered by @AerojetRdyne RS-68A engines, the fully cryogenic Delta Cryogenic Second Stage powered by @AerojetRdyne’s RL10B-2 engines and the @northropgrumman third stage with its STAR 48BV motor. pic.twitter.com/6IU3KKLxIy

— ULA (@ulalaunch) August 9, 2018