SCRUBBED: NASA’s Artemis Rocket Launch Scrubbed Saturday After Discovering Fuel Leak Ahead of Launch Attempt
By Space Coast Daily // September 3, 2022
New launch date has not been set
WATCH LIVE: NASA was targeting today at 2:17 p.m. EDT, the beginning of a two-hour window, for the launch of Artemis I, the first integrated test of NASA’s Orion spacecraft, Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, and the ground systems at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – The launch of the NASA Artemis I rocket was scrubbed for a second time on Saturday after another fuel leak was discovered in the morning.
The launch team attempted to fix the issue, to no avail.
Launch controllers were unable to troubleshoot a hydrogen leak that reoccurred twice in a cavity between the ground and flight side plates of a quick disconnect.
Engineers had attempted to reseat the seal in the quick disconnect cavity where the leak occurred by applying pressure to it with helium.
Later, in a third troubleshooting attempt, they worked to warm up the quick disconnect to try to reset the seal.
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