NASA will abandon for the time being in its attempt to complete the test in the field of launch of the huge moon Artemis rocket at the Kennedy Space Center, which paves the way for the first launch exclusively by civilians on the International Space Station on Friday. After rubbing in tanking and countdown simulation on both Sunday and Monday at KSC Launch Pad 39-B, further efforts this week would threaten the launch of Axiom Space into a SpaceX Crew Dragon from the nearby Launch Pad 39-A . But NASA officials said a quick rollover was not on paper to resolve issues from the unfinished test. “It looks like it will take about as long as it takes for the Axiom to fly, so we will be behind them,” said Artemis mission director Mike Sarafin. “We have to finish sharpening the pencil in our open work, but we do not expect it to last much longer than it did after the release of Axiom.” The fully integrated Space Launch System rocket and the Orion capsule encountered various pressure and valve problems associated with the rocket launcher in which the rocket was located, which halted tank efforts on both days. The goal is to fill and drain both the core and the upper stage of the rocket with 730,000 gallons of supercooled liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen. “We have not encountered any major design flaws or design problems,” said Sarafin. “These are characterized as annoyance or just technical issues.” The test marks the last major hurdle before mission managers can target disembarkation for Artemis I, an unmanned flight that will send the Orion capsule on a four- to six-week orbit around the moon and clear the way. for future crew missions, including a return of humans, including the first woman, to the lunar surface for the first time since 1972. Previously announced possible boot windows were June 6-16 and June 29-July 12. “We are not ready to give up (launch opportunities in June) yet,” Sarafin said. “We will re-evaluate after the wet dress to where we are.” Artemis launch manager Charlie Blackwell-Thompson said the team had completed one of the two main targets and three of the five secondary targets, so when re-checking, they would not have to start from scratch. “This is a test and the purpose of the test is to fully understand our systems and the day-to-day configuration,” he said. “This was the first test in this configuration on the pad with cryogenics. So it was a very big day for us.” With the delay of Artemis, SpaceX can now execute the scheduled static fire on Wednesday of the Falcon 9 rocket that will be used for the Axiom Space mission called AX-1, which will send three customers who paid $ 55 million each along with a former astronaut. 10-day shipment to the ISS. The rocket hit the pillow on Tuesday. This flight aims to take off at 11:17 a.m. the manufacture. The meteorological fate of the Space Launch Delta 45 predicts good weather with a 70% chance of good conditions. A delay for Saturday sees even better weather with only a 20% chance of bad weather. The flight, which intends to dock with the ISS on Saturday morning, will remain at the station for eight days before returning its crew to Earth. Their departure will create the arrival of another Crew Dragon flight to the ISS with NASA’s Crew-4 mission to change the astronauts on board for a six-month stay. This flight, currently scheduled for no earlier than April 20, is also being launched by KSC and will have to deal with any ongoing tank tests for Artemis I. “We remain in close contact and work daily with our commercial crew and the International Space Station and the LEO commercial partners launching from the other cushions and we know that the main launch attempts will be made here soon,” Sarafin said. . NASA hits new hurdle with Artemis test at Kennedy Space Center, could threaten Axiom mission © 2022 Orlando Sentinel. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.
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