The US space agency, NASA, has again canceled the launch of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket to the moon, which was scheduled for this Saturday.
In a statement, NASA explained that the cancellation was due to a leak of liquid hydrogen. The agency said that several efforts were made to solve the problem, such as replacing the fence, but it was not possible to solve it.
O Artemis I mission rocket launch was scheduled to take place this afternoon (Brasilia time), at the Kennedy Space Center, in Florida.
NASA was already working on a new date in case it needed to postpone the mission again. The new scheduled date is next Monday (5).
Last Monday (29), the first cancellation was made, after the agency’s technical teams identified a cooling problem in one of the four engines of the superrocket that will take the Orion capsule to lunar orbit.
The mission
The unmanned trip will mark a series of tests in orbit around the Moon, both in terms of equipment and the Orion capsule, which is expected to carry up to four astronauts in the second stage of the mission scheduled to take place until 2026.
In addition, a fundamental part of the mission will be tested, the European Service Module, responsible, for example, for the water supply, energy, propulsion, temperature control inside the capsule and the result of the partnership with the European Space Agency (ESA ).
According to ESA, the mission, which will be commanded here from Earth, could last between 20 and 40 days and will end back to Earth with a dip in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of California, United States.
The return flight to the Moon organized by NASA, in partnership with 21 countries, including Brazil, represents the return to the satellite 50 years after the last manned trip, in 1972, with the Apollo mission.
