NASA’s “mega moon rocket” is now scheduled to make its third liftoff try on Sept. 27, the US house company has introduced.

The Artemis 1 rocket is made up of the six-person Orion capsule perched atop the 30-story Area Launch System (SLS) — dubbed the “mega moon rocket” — and was initially scheduled to embark on its maiden voyage to the moon and again he Aug. 29.

However technical difficulties foiled the rocket’s first two makes an attempt at liftoff. NASA scrubbed the rocket’s first try as a result of engineers had been unable to chill one of many rocket’s 4 core stage RS-25 engines right down to a protected temperature in time for liftoff. The company introduced that it had fastened the issue, which it blamed on a defective temperature sensor. Then, throughout the rocket’s second try, an alarm sounded because the craft was being loaded with its supercooled liquid hydrogen gasoline, alerting engineers to a spot within the seal of one of many rocket’s engines. Engineers tried and did not plug the leak thrice, NASA stated.

Source: Science Live