A ground test of an unmanned new lunar rocket system by the American space agency NASA has been temporarily canceled for the second time. This time, a problem with a valve led to the cancellation, they said. A new date for the continuation of the test is now being sought.
The test of the “Artemis” missile system had already been canceled over the weekend due to a problem at the launch pad. An early test start is still hoped, but now possibly only in June instead of May, according to NASA. “We’re not ready to give that up yet,” NASA Director Mike Sarafin said at a news conference on Tuesday.
The missile system for the “Artemis” mission – consisting of the “Space Launch System” (SLS) rocket and the “Orion” capsule – was first deployed for test purposes at the Cape Canaveral spaceport in the US state of Florida in mid-March. . The next step is the “Wet Dress Rehearsal”, which has already been canceled twice – an unmanned ground test where all processes are performed and tested, except the actual start.
With the “Artemis” mission, American astronauts should land on the moon for the first time in nearly 50 years, including the first woman, by 2024. Due to numerous delays, this landing should now take place in 2025 at the earliest.
Rocket to take astronauts to the moon
The mission will take four astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft into orbit around the moon, where two of them will be transferred to a lander for the final approach to the moon. There will also be some kind of space station on the moon that will serve as a base for a manned flight to Mars – but that won’t happen until the distant future.
Source: Krone
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