{"id":490049,"date":"2022-09-03T20:26:03","date_gmt":"2022-09-03T17:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/fuel-leak-ruins-nasas-2nd-shot-at-launching-moon-rocket\/"},"modified":"2022-09-03T20:26:03","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T17:26:03","slug":"fuel-leak-ruins-nasas-2nd-shot-at-launching-moon-rocket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/fuel-leak-ruins-nasas-2nd-shot-at-launching-moon-rocket\/","title":{"rendered":"#Fuel leak ruins NASA&#8217;s 2nd shot at launching moon rocket"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3e7394a2463\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3e7394a2463\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/fuel-leak-ruins-nasas-2nd-shot-at-launching-moon-rocket\/#%E2%80%9CFuel_leak_ruins_NASAs_2nd_shot_at_launching_moon_rocket%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Fuel leak ruins NASA&#8217;s 2nd shot at launching moon rocket&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CFuel_leak_ruins_NASAs_2nd_shot_at_launching_moon_rocket%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Fuel leak ruins NASA&#8217;s 2nd shot at launching moon rocket&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/fuel-leak-ruins-nasas.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2022\/fuel-leak-ruins-nasas.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"An American flag flies in the breeze as NASA's new moon rocket sits on Launch Pad 39-B after being scrubbed at the Kennedy Space Center Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. This is scheduled to be the first flight of NASA's 21st-century moon-exploration program, named Artemis after Apollo's mythological twin sister. Credit: AP Photo\/Chris O'Meara\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2022\/fuel-leak-ruins-nasas.jpg\" alt=\"Fuel leak ruins NASA's 2nd shot at launching moon rocket\" title=\"An American flag flies in the breeze as NASA's new moon rocket sits on Launch Pad 39-B after being scrubbed at the Kennedy Space Center Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. This is scheduled to be the first flight of NASA's 21st-century moon-exploration program, named Artemis after Apollo's mythological twin sister. Credit: AP Photo\/Chris O'Meara\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                An American flag flies in the breeze as NASA&#8217;s new moon rocket sits on Launch Pad 39-B after being scrubbed at the Kennedy Space Center Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. This is scheduled to be the first flight of NASA&#8217;s 21st-century moon-exploration program, named Artemis after Apollo&#8217;s mythological twin sister. Credit: AP Photo\/Chris O&#8217;Meara<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NASA&#8217;s new moon rocket sprang another dangerous fuel leak Saturday, forcing launch controllers to call off their second attempt to send a crew capsule into lunar orbit with test dummies.<\/p>\n<p>                                                                                    The first attempt earlier in the week was also marred by escaping hydrogen, but those leaks were elsewhere on the 322-foot (98-meter) rocket, the most powerful ever built by NASA.<\/p>\n<p>NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said repair work could bump the launch into October.<\/p>\n<p>Mission managers planned to meet later in the day to decide on a course of action. After Tuesday, a two-week launch blackout period kicks in. Extensive leak inspections and repairs, meanwhile, could require that the rocket be hauled off the pad and back into the hangar; that would push the flight into October, Nelson said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ll go when it&#8217;s ready. We don&#8217;t go until then and especially now on a test flight, because we&#8217;re going to stress this and test it &#8230; and make sure it&#8217;s right before we put four humans up on the top of it,&#8221; Nelson said.<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8220;This is part of our space program: Be ready for the scrubs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"mb-4\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\">\n    <meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"An overview of NASA's Artemis 1 mission to the Moon\"\/><br \/>\n    <meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch\/?v=5Wu4D-Db678\"\/><br \/>\n    <meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Credit: NASA\"\/><br \/>\n    <meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2022-08-24T12:13:15-04:00\"\/><br \/>\n        <meta itemprop=\"embedUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5Wu4D-Db678\"\/><br \/>\n    <meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/5Wu4D-Db678\/maxresdefault.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>             <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Meet the Artemis I mission\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5Wu4D-Db678?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up mt-4\" itemprop=\"caption\">Credit: NASA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>NASA wants to send the crew capsule atop the rocket around the moon, pushing it to the limit before astronauts get on the next flight. If the five-week demo with test dummies succeeds, astronauts could fly around the moon in 2024 and land on it in 2025. People last walked on the moon 50 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Launch director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson and her team had barely started loading nearly 1 million gallons of fuel into the Space Launch System rocket at daybreak when the leak cropped up in the engine section at the bottom.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/fuel-leak-ruins-nasas-1.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2022\/fuel-leak-ruins-nasas-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"NASA's new moon rocket sits on Launch Pad 39-B hours ahead of a planned launch at the Kennedy Space Center Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. NASA's new moon rocket sprang another hazardous leak Saturday, as the launch team began fueling it for liftoff on a test flight that must go well before astronauts climb aboard. Credit: Joel Kowsky\/NASA via AP\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2022\/fuel-leak-ruins-nasas-1.jpg\" alt=\"Fuel leak ruins NASA's 2nd shot at launching moon rocket\" title=\"NASA's new moon rocket sits on Launch Pad 39-B hours ahead of a planned launch at the Kennedy Space Center Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. NASA's new moon rocket sprang another hazardous leak Saturday, as the launch team began fueling it for liftoff on a test flight that must go well before astronauts climb aboard. Credit: Joel Kowsky\/NASA via AP\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-truncate text-low-up mt-3\">\n                NASA&#8217;s new moon rocket sits on Launch Pad 39-B hours ahead of a planned launch at the Kennedy Space Center Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. NASA&#8217;s new moon rocket sprang another hazardous leak Saturday, as the launch team began fueling it for liftoff on a test flight that must go well before astronauts climb aboard. Credit: Joel Kowsky\/NASA via AP<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ground controllers tried to plug it the way they handled previous leaks: stopping and restarting the flow of super-cold liquid hydrogen in hopes of closing the gap around a seal in the supply line. They tried that twice, in fact, and also flushed helium through the line. But the leak persisted.<\/p>\n<p>Blackwell-Thompson finally halted the countdown after three to four hours of futile effort.<\/p>\n<p>During Monday&#8217;s launch attempt, hydrogen fuel escaped from elsewhere in the rocket. Technicians tightened up the fittings over the past week, but Blackwell-Thompson cautioned that she wouldn&#8217;t know whether everything was tight until Saturday&#8217;s fueling.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/fuel-leak-ruins-nasas-2.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2022\/fuel-leak-ruins-nasas-2.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Spectators walk on the Max Brewer Bridge after arriving to view the the NASA Moon Rocket launch from Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center, Titusville, Fla., Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022.Credit: AP Photo\/Terry Renna\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2022\/fuel-leak-ruins-nasas-2.jpg\" alt=\"Fuel leak ruins NASA's 2nd shot at launching moon rocket\" title=\"Spectators walk on the Max Brewer Bridge after arriving to view the the NASA Moon Rocket launch from Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center, Titusville, Fla., Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022.Credit: AP Photo\/Terry Renna\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-truncate text-low-up mt-3\">\n                Spectators walk on the Max Brewer Bridge after arriving to view the the NASA Moon Rocket launch from Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center, Titusville, Fla., Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022.Credit: AP Photo\/Terry Renna<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Hydrogen molecules are exceedingly small\u2014the smallest in existence\u2014and even the tiniest gap or crevice can provide a way out. NASA&#8217;s space shuttles, now retired, were plagued by hydrogen leaks. The new moon rocket uses the same type of main engines.<\/p>\n<p>Even more of a problem Monday, a sensor indicated one of the rocket&#8217;s four engines was too warm, but engineers later verified it actually was cold enough. The launch team planned to ignore the faulty sensor this time around and rely on other instruments to ensure each main engine was properly chilled. But the countdown never got that far.<\/p>\n<p>Mission managers accepted the additional risk posed by the engine issue as well as a separate problem: cracks in the rocket&#8217;s insulating foam. But they acknowledged other trouble\u2014like fuel leaks\u2014could prompt yet another delay.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"article-gallery js-article-gallery\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/fuel-leak-ruins-nasas-3.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2022\/fuel-leak-ruins-nasas-3.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"NASA's new moon rocket sits on Launch Pad 39-B hours ahead of a planned launch at the Kennedy Space Center Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. NASA's new moon rocket sprang another hazardous leak Saturday, as the launch team began fueling it for liftoff on a test flight that must go well before astronauts climb aboard. Credit: Bill Ingalls\/NASA via AP\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800\/2022\/fuel-leak-ruins-nasas-3.jpg\" alt=\"Fuel leak ruins NASA's 2nd shot at launching moon rocket\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-low-up text-truncate mt-3\">\n                    NASA&#8217;s new moon rocket sits on Launch Pad 39-B hours ahead of a planned launch at the Kennedy Space Center Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. NASA&#8217;s new moon rocket sprang another hazardous leak Saturday, as the launch team began fueling it for liftoff on a test flight that must go well before astronauts climb aboard. Credit: Bill Ingalls\/NASA via AP<br \/>\n                <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/fuel-leak-ruins-nasas-4.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2022\/fuel-leak-ruins-nasas-4.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"NASA's new moon rocket is illuminated by xenon lights as she sits on Launch Pad 39-B hours ahead of a planned launch at the Kennedy Space Center Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. This is scheduled to be the first flight of NASA's 21st-century moon-exploration program, named Artemis after Apollo's mythological twin sister. Credit: AP Photo\/Chris O'Meara\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800\/2022\/fuel-leak-ruins-nasas-4.jpg\" alt=\"Fuel leak ruins NASA's 2nd shot at launching moon rocket\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-low-up text-truncate mt-3\">\n                    NASA&#8217;s new moon rocket is illuminated by xenon lights as she sits on Launch Pad 39-B hours ahead of a planned launch at the Kennedy Space Center Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. This is scheduled to be the first flight of NASA&#8217;s 21st-century moon-exploration program, named Artemis after Apollo&#8217;s mythological twin sister. Credit: AP Photo\/Chris O&#8217;Meara<br \/>\n                <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/fuel-leak-ruins-nasas-5.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2022\/fuel-leak-ruins-nasas-5.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"A person waits for the NASA moon rocket to launch on Pad 39B before the Artemis 1 mission to orbit the moon at the Kennedy Space Center, Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. NASA\u2019s new moon rocket sprang another dangerous fuel leak Saturday, forcing launch controllers to call off their second attempt to send a crew capsule into lunar orbit with test dummies. Credit: AP Photo\/Brynn Anderson\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800\/2022\/fuel-leak-ruins-nasas-5.jpg\" alt=\"Fuel leak ruins NASA's 2nd shot at launching moon rocket\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-low-up text-truncate mt-3\">\n                    A person waits for the NASA moon rocket to launch on Pad 39B before the Artemis 1 mission to orbit the moon at the Kennedy Space Center, Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. NASA\u2019s new moon rocket sprang another dangerous fuel leak Saturday, forcing launch controllers to call off their second attempt to send a crew capsule into lunar orbit with test dummies. Credit: AP Photo\/Brynn Anderson<br \/>\n                <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/fuel-leak-ruins-nasas-6.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2022\/fuel-leak-ruins-nasas-6.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"The NASA moon rocket stands on Pad 39B before the Artemis 1 mission to orbit the moon at the Kennedy Space Center, Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. NASA\u2019s new moon rocket sprang another dangerous fuel leak Saturday, forcing launch controllers to call off their second attempt to send a crew capsule into lunar orbit with test dummies. Credit: AP Photo\/Brynn Anderson\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800\/2022\/fuel-leak-ruins-nasas-6.jpg\" alt=\"Fuel leak ruins NASA's 2nd shot at launching moon rocket\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-low-up text-truncate mt-3\">\n                    The NASA moon rocket stands on Pad 39B before the Artemis 1 mission to orbit the moon at the Kennedy Space Center, Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. NASA\u2019s new moon rocket sprang another dangerous fuel leak Saturday, forcing launch controllers to call off their second attempt to send a crew capsule into lunar orbit with test dummies. Credit: AP Photo\/Brynn Anderson<br \/>\n                <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/fuel-leak-ruins-nasas-7.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2022\/fuel-leak-ruins-nasas-7.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Photographers pack up their equipment as NASA's new moon rocket sits on Launch Pad 39-B after being scrubbed at the Kennedy Space Center Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. NASA\u2019s new moon rocket sprang another dangerous fuel leak Saturday, forcing launch controllers to call off their second attempt to send a crew capsule into lunar orbit with test dummies. Credit: AP Photo\/Chris O'Meara\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800\/2022\/fuel-leak-ruins-nasas-7.jpg\" alt=\"Fuel leak ruins NASA's 2nd shot at launching moon rocket\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-low-up text-truncate mt-3\">\n                    Photographers pack up their equipment as NASA&#8217;s new moon rocket sits on Launch Pad 39-B after being scrubbed at the Kennedy Space Center Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. NASA\u2019s new moon rocket sprang another dangerous fuel leak Saturday, forcing launch controllers to call off their second attempt to send a crew capsule into lunar orbit with test dummies. Credit: AP Photo\/Chris O&#8217;Meara<br \/>\n                <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/fuel-leak-ruins-nasas-8.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2022\/fuel-leak-ruins-nasas-8.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"People wait for the NASA moon rocket to launch on Pad 39B before the Artemis 1 mission to orbit the moon at the Kennedy Space Center, Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. NASA\u2019s new moon rocket sprang another dangerous fuel leak Saturday, forcing launch controllers to call off their second attempt to send a crew capsule into lunar orbit with test dummies. Credit: AP Photo\/Brynn Anderson\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800\/2022\/fuel-leak-ruins-nasas-8.jpg\" alt=\"Fuel leak ruins NASA's 2nd shot at launching moon rocket\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-low-up text-truncate mt-3\">\n                    People wait for the NASA moon rocket to launch on Pad 39B before the Artemis 1 mission to orbit the moon at the Kennedy Space Center, Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. NASA\u2019s new moon rocket sprang another dangerous fuel leak Saturday, forcing launch controllers to call off their second attempt to send a crew capsule into lunar orbit with test dummies. Credit: AP Photo\/Brynn Anderson<br \/>\n                <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/fuel-leak-ruins-nasas-9.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2022\/fuel-leak-ruins-nasas-9.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"The NASA moon rocket stands on Pad 39B before the Artemis 1 mission to orbit the moon at the Kennedy Space Center, Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. NASA\u2019s new moon rocket sprang another dangerous fuel leak Saturday, forcing launch controllers to call off their second attempt to send a crew capsule into lunar orbit with test dummies. Credit: AP Photo\/Brynn Anderson\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800\/2022\/fuel-leak-ruins-nasas-9.jpg\" alt=\"Fuel leak ruins NASA's 2nd shot at launching moon rocket\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-low-up text-truncate mt-3\">\n                    The NASA moon rocket stands on Pad 39B before the Artemis 1 mission to orbit the moon at the Kennedy Space Center, Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. NASA\u2019s new moon rocket sprang another dangerous fuel leak Saturday, forcing launch controllers to call off their second attempt to send a crew capsule into lunar orbit with test dummies. Credit: AP Photo\/Brynn Anderson<br \/>\n                <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/fuel-leak-ruins-nasas-11.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2022\/fuel-leak-ruins-nasas-11.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"People wait for the NASA moon rocket to launch on Pad 39B before the Artemis 1 mission to orbit the moon at the Kennedy Space Center, Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The mission was scrubbed on Saturday. Credit: AP Photo\/Brynn Anderson\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800\/2022\/fuel-leak-ruins-nasas-11.jpg\" alt=\"Fuel leak ruins NASA's 2nd shot at launching moon rocket\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-low-up text-truncate mt-3\">\n                    People wait for the NASA moon rocket to launch on Pad 39B before the Artemis 1 mission to orbit the moon at the Kennedy Space Center, Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The mission was scrubbed on Saturday. Credit: AP Photo\/Brynn Anderson<br \/>\n                <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/fuel-leak-ruins-nasas-10.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2022\/fuel-leak-ruins-nasas-10.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Spectators walk on the Max Brewer Bridge after arriving to view the the NASA Moon Rocket launch from Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center, Titusville, Fla., Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022.Credit: AP Photo\/Terry Renna\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800\/2022\/fuel-leak-ruins-nasas-10.jpg\" alt=\"Fuel leak ruins NASA's 2nd shot at launching moon rocket\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-low-up text-truncate mt-3\">\n                    Spectators walk on the Max Brewer Bridge after arriving to view the the NASA Moon Rocket launch from Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center, Titusville, Fla., Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022.Credit: AP Photo\/Terry Renna<br \/>\n                <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/fuel-leak-ruins-nasas-12.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2022\/fuel-leak-ruins-nasas-12.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Spectators walk near the Max Brewer Bridge after arriving to view the the NASA Moon Rocket launch from Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center, Titusville, Fla., Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022.Credit: AP Photo\/Terry Renna\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800\/2022\/fuel-leak-ruins-nasas-12.jpg\" alt=\"Fuel leak ruins NASA's 2nd shot at launching moon rocket\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-low-up text-truncate mt-3\">\n                    Spectators walk near the Max Brewer Bridge after arriving to view the the NASA Moon Rocket launch from Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center, Titusville, Fla., Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022.Credit: AP Photo\/Terry Renna<br \/>\n                <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/fuel-leak-ruins-nasas-13.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2022\/fuel-leak-ruins-nasas-13.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"The countdown clock is stopped as NASA's new moon rocket sits on Launch Pad 39-B after the launch was scrubbed at the Kennedy Space Center Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Credit: AP Photo\/Chris O'Meara\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800\/2022\/fuel-leak-ruins-nasas-13.jpg\" alt=\"Fuel leak ruins NASA's 2nd shot at launching moon rocket\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-low-up text-truncate mt-3\">\n                    The countdown clock is stopped as NASA&#8217;s new moon rocket sits on Launch Pad 39-B after the launch was scrubbed at the Kennedy Space Center Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Credit: AP Photo\/Chris O&#8217;Meara<br \/>\n                <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/fuel-leak-ruins-nasas-14.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2022\/fuel-leak-ruins-nasas-14.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Spectators walk near the Max Brewer Bridge after NASA scrubbed the launch attempt of the NASA Moon Rocket from Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center, Titusville, Fla., Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022.Credit: AP Photo\/Terry Renna\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800\/2022\/fuel-leak-ruins-nasas-14.jpg\" alt=\"Fuel leak ruins NASA's 2nd shot at launching moon rocket\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-low-up text-truncate mt-3\">\n                    Spectators walk near the Max Brewer Bridge after NASA scrubbed the launch attempt of the NASA Moon Rocket from Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center, Titusville, Fla., Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022.Credit: AP Photo\/Terry Renna<br \/>\n                <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/fuel-leak-ruins-nasas-15.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2022\/fuel-leak-ruins-nasas-15.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Spectators walk near the Max Brewer Bridge after NASA scrubbed the launch attempt of the NASA Moon Rocket from Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center, Titusville, Fla., Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022.Credit: AP Photo\/Terry Renna\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800\/2022\/fuel-leak-ruins-nasas-15.jpg\" alt=\"Fuel leak ruins NASA's 2nd shot at launching moon rocket\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-low-up text-truncate mt-3\">\n                    Spectators walk near the Max Brewer Bridge after NASA scrubbed the launch attempt of the NASA Moon Rocket from Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center, Titusville, Fla., Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022.Credit: AP Photo\/Terry Renna<br \/>\n                <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/fuel-leak-ruins-nasas-16.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2022\/fuel-leak-ruins-nasas-16.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Spectators walk off the Max Brewer Bridge after NASA scrubbed the launch attempt of the NASA Moon Rocket from Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center Titusville, Fla., Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022.Credit: AP Photo\/Terry Renna\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800\/2022\/fuel-leak-ruins-nasas-16.jpg\" alt=\"Fuel leak ruins NASA's 2nd shot at launching moon rocket\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-low-up text-truncate mt-3\">\n                    Spectators walk off the Max Brewer Bridge after NASA scrubbed the launch attempt of the NASA Moon Rocket from Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center Titusville, Fla., Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022.Credit: AP Photo\/Terry Renna<br \/>\n                <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/fuel-leak-ruins-nasas-17.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2022\/fuel-leak-ruins-nasas-17.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"A Police Officer controls traffic as spectators walk on the Max Brewer Bridge after NASA scrubbed the launch attempt of the NASA Moon Rocket from Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center Titusville, Fla., Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022.Credit: AP Photo\/Terry Renna\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800\/2022\/fuel-leak-ruins-nasas-17.jpg\" alt=\"Fuel leak ruins NASA's 2nd shot at launching moon rocket\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-low-up text-truncate mt-3\">\n                    A Police Officer controls traffic as spectators walk on the Max Brewer Bridge after NASA scrubbed the launch attempt of the NASA Moon Rocket from Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center Titusville, Fla., Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022.Credit: AP Photo\/Terry Renna<br \/>\n                <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That didn&#8217;t stop thousands from jamming the coast to see the Space Launch System rocket soar. Local authorities expected massive crowds because of the long Labor Day holiday weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The $4.1 billion test flight is the first step in NASA&#8217;s Artemis program of renewed lunar exploration, named after the twin sister of Apollo in Greek mythology.<\/p>\n<p>Twelve astronauts walked on the moon during NASA&#8217;s Apollo program, the last time in 1972.<\/p>\n<p>Artemis\u2014years behind schedule and billions over budget\u2014aims to establish a sustained human presence on the moon, with crews eventually spending weeks at a time there. It&#8217;s considered a training ground for Mars.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<div class=\"article-main__explore my-4 d-print-none\">\n<p>                                            NASA aims for Saturday launch of new moon rocket after fixes\n                                        <\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"mb-4\"\/>\n<p class=\"article-main__note mt-4\">\n                                                \u00a9 2022 The Associated Press. 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