NASA has given the go-ahead for the third attempt to launch the Artemis mission to the Moon. On November 16, the American space agency will try to launch the challenging mission for a journey to the Moon during a two-hour launch window.
On Wednesday at 11:34 a.m. (IST), launchpad 39B at Cape Canaveral is slated to witness the launch of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft for the first time in an integrated flight test. The mission management team gathered late on Sunday to assess the mission’s preparations and to approve the mission’s launch.
According to NASA, engineers will thoroughly examine several feet of delaminated caulk where the ogive on Orion’s launch abort system. “The team will meet again Monday afternoon to review additional analysis associated with caulk on Orion’s launch abort system that came loose during Hurricane Nicole,” the space agency said.
Engineers will also remove and replace a component of an electrical connector on the hydrogen tail service mast umbilical ground-side plate. Even after repairing the connector’s connection earlier in the week, NASA claimed that engineers still occasionally encounter data that is incorrect.
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