NASA to Provide Media Update on Demonstration Test, Artemis I Mission
September 23, 2022WEBWIRE— Friday, September 23, 2022
NASA will hold a media teleconference at 12: 30 p.m. EDT Friday, Sept. 23, to go over the cryogenic presentation test carried out Wednesday, Sept. 21, ahead of the next Artemis I introduce effort.
Audio of the call will livestream on the company’s site at:
After experiencing a hydrogen leakage early in the filling procedure throughout the test Wednesday, Sept.21, engineers had the ability to repair the problem and finish the test goals.
Based on information from the test, groups are fine-tuning treatments for the next launch chance, targeted for no earlier than Sept.27 The rocket stays in a safe and flight-ready setup at the launch pad.
Artemis I is a flight test to release NASA’s Space Launch System rocket and send out an uncrewed Orion spacecraft around the Moon prior to future objectives with team.
Briefing individuals consist of:
- Tom Whitmeyer, deputy partner administrator, Common Exploration Systems Development, NASA Headquarters
- Brad McCain, vice president and basic supervisor, Jacobs Space Operations Group
- John Blevins, SLS primary engineer, NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center
To get involved by telephone, media should RSVP 2 hours prior to the instruction to: to: ksc-newsroom@mail.nasa.gov.
The 4 primary goals satisfied throughout the presentation were evaluating the repair work to resolve the hydrogen leakage determined on the previous launch effort, packing propellants into the rocket’s tanks utilizing brand-new treatments to shift modifications in temperature level and pressure more gradually to lower the probability of leakages, performing the kick-start bleed, and carrying out a pre-pressurization test.
Managers waved off 2 previous launch efforts, one on Aug. 29 due to a malfunctioning temperature level sensing unit, and one on Sept. 3 due to a liquid hydrogen leakage at a user interface in between the rocket and mobile launcher.
Through Artemis objectives, NASA will land the very first female and the very first individual of color on the Moon, leading the way for a long-lasting lunar existence, and working as a steppingstone to send out astronauts to Mars.
For updates, follow along on NASA’s Artemis blog site at:
https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis
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