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Added on the 31/08/2022 06:10:03 - Copyright : Euronews EN
NASA scraps its launch of a 30-story rocket due to orbit the Moon, citing a fuel leak in delaying the mission for a second time. The leak occurred as liquid hydrogen was being pumped into the rocket. No new date for another try was immediately announced. IMAGES
A test flight of NASA's powerful new Moon rocket may be possible on Friday, Artemis 1 mission manager Mike Sarafin says, after the US space agency scrubbed Monday's launch because of an engine issue. "Friday is definitely in play," Sarafin tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
People gather at Cocoa Beach, Florida, to get a glimpse of NASA's Artemis 1 rocket launch to the Moon, just moments before the US space agency scrubbed the test flight of its giant Moon rocket because of a temperature issue with one of the four RS-25 engines. IMAGES
La Nasa a choisi Nokia pour installer son futur réseau 4G sur la Lune, dans le cadre du programme Artémis. À quoi va servir cette infrastructure, qui devra fonctionner dans des conditions extrêmes ?
NASA launched the most powerful rocket ever built on a journey to the Moon on Wednesday, marking the start of the space agency's new flagship program, Artemis. The 32-story tall Space Launch System (SLS) blasted off from the storied Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 01:47 am (0647 GMT). IMAGES
NASA announces that a third attempt to launch its new lunar rocket would not occur in the coming days, after a fuel leak caused a second launch attempt to be halted. The current launch period for the Artemis 1 mission "ends on Tuesday. We will not be launching in this launch period," says Jim Free, associate administrator for Exploration Systems Development at NASA. SOUNDBITE