CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—NASA’s new moon rocket sprouted another fuel leak Wednesday as engineers tested the plumbing ahead of a launch attempt as early as next week. The daylong demo had barely begun when hazardous hydrogen fuel began escaping at the same place and same time as before, despite new seals and other repairs. Engineers halted…
NASA Mars Lander Captures Strikes by 4 Incoming Space Rocks
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.— A NASA lander on Mars has captured the vibrations and sounds of four meteoroids striking the planet’s surface. Scientists reported Monday that Mars InSight detected seismic and acoustic waves from a series of impacts in 2020 and 2021. A satellite orbiting the red planet confirmed the impact locations, as far as 180 miles…
NASA Fixing Moon Rocket Leaks, Hoping for September Launch Try
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—NASA is replacing leaky seals in its moon rocket at the pad in hopes of launching it on its first test flight by the end of this month. Managers said Thursday they will conduct another test after the repairs to ensure all hydrogen fuel leaks are plugged. If that test goes well—and if…
Webb Space Telescope Captures Tarantula Nebula
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured thousands of never-before-seen young stars in the Tarantula Nebula, a stellar nursery called 30 Doradus. The young stars were previously shrouded from view by cosmic dust. Astronomers are using two of Webb’s spectrographs to take a closer look at this region and determine the chemical makeup of a…
Webb Space Telescope Captures the Tarantula Nebula
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured thousands of never-before-seen young stars in the Tarantula Nebula, a stellar nursery called 30 Doradus. The young stars were previously shrouded from view by cosmic dust. Astronomers are using two of Webb’s spectrographs to take a closer look at this region and determine the chemical makeup of a…
Canadian Astronaut Saint-Jacques Says Artemis 1 Delay Disappointing, but Right Call
NASA’s decision to scrub the launch of its new moon rocket is disappointing but necessary due to another leak found ahead of the planned test flight, Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques said Saturday. The Artemis 1 mission, which aims to send an uncrewed NASA Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System rocket to the moon, was delayed…
NASA Scrubs Moon Rocket Launch Again
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—NASA’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. 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,…
NASA Scrubs Artemis I Moon Rocket Launch Again
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—NASA’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. 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,…
Fuel Leak Disrupts NASA’s 2nd Shot at Launching Moon Rocket
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. For the second time this week, the launch team began loading nearly 1 million gallons of fuel into the 322-foot (98-meter) rocket, the most…
NASA Aims for Saturday Launch of New Moon Rocket After Fixes
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—NASA aimed for a Saturday launch of its new moon rocket, after fixing fuel leaks and working around a bad engine sensor that foiled the first try. The inaugural flight of the 322-foot (98-meter) rocket—the most powerful ever built by NASA—was delayed late in the countdown Monday. The Kennedy Space Center clocks started…
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