'You don't want to light the candle until it's ready to go.'
'This is a very complicated machine,' Nelson said. Now the hundreds of thousands of people who attended the event are heading home without seeing the first stage of the epic moon mission kick off.Ī sea of disappointed spectators are heading home after the Artemis I mission was scrubbed Monday at 8:35am ET. The issue was identified around 7:30am ET and the launch was officially scrubbed at 8:35am ET. Monday's disappointment is due to a leak in engine 3 that was not detected in the last wet dress rehearsal due to testing being cut short because of a separate hydrogen leak. Of providing a vision and inspiring innovation in a way that is going to benefit all mankind and womankind.' 'The Artemis program is the beginning of the next era of what we have a history of doing. ‘I am so proud of what is happening with our space program and the leadership that the United Space is providing to the world,’ Harris said shortly after Artemis I was grounded.
Seas of people were seen along beaches, bridges and outside of Kennedy Space Center and some had been waiting for hours before NASA announced the scrub at 8:35am ET.Īmong the crowd was Vice President Kamal Harris who had words of support to those disappointed by the cancelation, noting this gives NASA more data to ensure the SLS can get off the ground during its second attempt on Friday, September 2. However, the agency said there is no need to swap the engine. Tens of thousands of people who flocked to Cape Canaveral, Florida before the sun rose on Monday to see the historic Artemis I launch are heading home disappointed after the mission was scrubbed due the NASA team being unable to get past the engine bleed of Engine 3.Īccording to NASA, a liquid hydrogen fuel line did not properly chill one of the Space Launch System's (SLS) four core-stage engines, which are part of the preparations needed before the engine can ignite.
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