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NASA's return to the moon is delayed after launch scrub

NASA’s return to the moon will have to wait a little longer after the first uncrewed launch of its Space Launch System rocket was scrubbed Monday morning due to an engine-related issue. The system that thermally conditions the engines did not chill one of the engines in the rocket’s core stage down to the proper temperature, which is necessary to start the engines and run them successfully, ...
A member of the media sits near a tripod after the the postponement of the launch of the Artemis-1 rocket at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Aug. 29, 2022.

NASA’s return to the moon will have to wait a little longer after the first uncrewed launch of its Space Launch System rocket was scrubbed Monday morning due to an engine-related issue.

The system that thermally conditions the engines did not chill one of the engines in the rocket’s core stage down to the proper temperature, which is necessary to start the engines and run them successfully, said Mike Sarafin, Artemis I mission

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