{"id":148191,"date":"2022-09-09T11:57:25","date_gmt":"2022-09-09T10:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=148191"},"modified":"2022-09-09T11:57:25","modified_gmt":"2022-09-09T10:57:25","slug":"nasa-will-again-try-to-launch-the-sls-lunar-rocket-on-september-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/space\/nasa-will-again-try-to-launch-the-sls-lunar-rocket-on-september-23\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA will again try to launch the SLS lunar rocket on September 23"},"content":{"rendered":"

NASA does\u00a0not stop trying to launch the SLS launch vehicle with the Orion spacecraft to the Moon as part of the Artemis I mission\u00a0.\u00a0Two weeks are allotted for repairs and new tests.\u00a0The next launch date for the rocket\u00a0is\u00a0September 23rd.<\/p>\n

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NASA experts are preparing a schedule of checks and new flight schedules, taking into account previously planned missions.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

NASA engineers fenced off the repair site and covered it with a tent to prevent damage to the “innards” of the rocket during the autopsy.\u00a0Specialists are changing the seals in the quick-release connector for supplying liquid hydrogen from the mobile station to the first-stage tanks.\u00a0Seals are changed both on the main line and in the bleed channel.\u00a0On-site repair will allow you to check the quality of the connection immediately, which is impossible to do in the conditions of the assembly shop.<\/p>\n

If the work is carried out according to schedule and is successful, the next attempt to launch the SLS launch vehicle will be carried out on September 23, when the 2-hour launch window opens.\u00a0The next window of 70 minutes will open on September 27, which gives one more backup date in case of another failure.<\/p>\n

However, permission to start does not depend on NASA specialists, but on the certification authority for the abort system.\u00a0Even with a permit extended to 25 days, the deadlines have passed.\u00a0To re-test the flight abort system, it is necessary to replace its batteries and re-test, which can only be done in the assembly shop.\u00a0To bypass this procedure and try to launch the rocket in two weeks, NASA has filed a new request to renew the certification.\u00a0It hasn’t received a response yet.<\/p>\n

However, NASA<\/a> experts are preparing a schedule of checks and new flight schedules, taking into account previously planned missions.\u00a0The rocket does not benefit from being transported to the hangar and back, but they do it every three months, starting in April.\u00a0Therefore, the decision to close the issue with the launch, taking into account some risk, may be justified, otherwise the launch may not take place at all.<\/p>\n

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NASA does\u00a0not stop trying to launch the SLS launch vehicle with the Orion spacecraft to the Moon as part of the Artemis I mission\u00a0.\u00a0Two weeks are allotted for repairs and new tests.\u00a0The next launch date for the rocket\u00a0is\u00a0September 23rd. NASA engineers fenced off the repair site and covered it with a tent to prevent damage […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":148192,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[874],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-148191","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-space","8":"tag-news"},"acf":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148191\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/148192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}