{"id":1632107,"date":"2022-09-03T17:48:52","date_gmt":"2022-09-03T21:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1632107"},"modified":"2022-09-03T17:49:47","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T21:49:47","slug":"nasa-scrubs-2nd-attempt-at-moon-rocket-launch-after-another-fuel-leak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nasa-scrubs-2nd-attempt-at-moon-rocket-launch-after-another-fuel-leak\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Scrubs 2nd Attempt At Moon Rocket Launch After Another Fuel Leak"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnasa-scrubs-2nd-attempt-at-moon-rocket-launch-after-another-fuel-leak%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1632107&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/nasa\">NASA<\/a>\u2019s unmanned flight to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/moon\">Moon<\/a> was stopped for the second time before launch Saturday after a fuel leak was discovered on the 322-foot Artemis I rocket.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday\u2019s leak is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/nasas-unmanned-moon-launch-halted-after-fuel-leak\">second<\/a> found on the rocket this week right before a scheduled launch. Artemis I, the most powerful rocket NASA has ever built, was initially scheduled for launch on Monday, but a leak of highly explosive oxygen stopped the rocket and pushed its scheduled takeoff to Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll go when it\u2019s ready. We don\u2019t go until then and especially now on a test flight, because we\u2019re going to stress this and test it \u2026 and make sure it\u2019s right before we put four humans up on the top of it,\u201d NASA Administrator Bill Nelson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JWAA5P-iFJs&amp;t=23197s\">said<\/a> following Saturday\u2019s scrub, adding, \u201cThis is part of our space program: Be ready for the scrubs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Artemis?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Artemis<\/a> I mission to the Moon has been postponed. Teams attempted to fix an issue related to a leak in the hardware transferring fuel into the rocket, but were unsuccessful. Join NASA leaders later today for a news conference. Check for updates: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6LVDrA1toy\">https:\/\/t.co\/6LVDrA1toy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LgXnjCy40u\">pic.twitter.com\/LgXnjCy40u<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NASA (@NASA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NASA\/status\/1566083321502830594?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The launch team had just begun filling Artemis I with nearly one million gallons of fuel early in the morning when they noticed the leak at the bottom of the rocket in the engine section, the Associated Press <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/astronomy-space-launches-exploration-science-9a89bb77af17be3e3b5891a0b224ac69\">reported<\/a>. Nelson said the impending repairs to the rocket could delay its launch into October if they are extensive, since Artemis I would likely be removed from the launch pad and moved back into its hangar.<\/p>\n<p>Ground crews did their best to stop the leak and save the launch, attempting to stop and restart the flow of liquid hydrogen and flushing helium through the fuel line, but to no avail, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/astronomy-space-launches-exploration-science-9a89bb77af17be3e3b5891a0b224ac69\">according<\/a> to the AP.<\/p>\n<p>The highly anticipated launch earlier in the week came to a disappointing end as the rocket\u2019s bleed test issues forced the launch to abort Monday morning, The Daily Wire previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/nasas-unmanned-moon-launch-halted-after-fuel-leak\">reported<\/a>. The Artemis mission from NASA plans to land the first woman and the first person of color on the Moon. The space program also intends to \u201ccollaborate with commercial and international partners and establish the first long-term presence on the Moon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>NASA wants to send Artemis I into the Moon\u2019s orbit for a five-week demo with test dummies as it prepares to send astronauts back to fly around the Moon in 2024 and land on it in 2025.<\/p>\n<p><em>Dillon Burroughs contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA\u2019s unmanned flight to the Moon was stopped for the second time before launch Saturday after a fuel leak was discovered on the 322-foot Artemis I rocket. Saturday\u2019s leak is the second found on the rocket this week right before a scheduled launch. Artemis I, the most powerful rocket NASA has ever built, was initially &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1632109,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1632107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1632107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1632107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1632107\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1632109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1632107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1632107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1632107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}