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NASA’s Artemis 1 will take seeds into space to test, identify ‘space crops’

September 15, 2022September 15, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

NASA’s Artemis 1 mission, scheduled to launch on September 27 after two failed launch attempts, will carry Arabidopsis thaliana (Thale cress) seeds into space to help scientists understand the impact of spaceflight beyond the Van Allen radiation belt on amino acids. “Space crops” grown from such seeds could potentially help supply a proportion of the […]

NASA eyes September 27 launch for Artemis 1 Moon mission

September 13, 2022September 13, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

After two failed attempts, NASA is targeting a September 27 launch date for its Artemis I mission. The space agency is also reviewing a potential backup launch window option for October 2. On September 27, the launch window opens at 11.37 AM EDT (9.07 PM IST). Ahead of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and […]

NASA to replace faulty Artemis 1 hydrogen seal while rocket still at launch pad

September 7, 2022September 7, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

NASA’s second attempt to launch the Artemis 1 mission had to be scrubbed because of a hydrogen leak in a “quick disconnect” interface between the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the liquid hydrogen fuel feed line. The space agency will replace the faulty seal that caused the leak while the rocket is still at […]

NASA aborts second Artemis-I launch attempt: Next steps for the mission

September 4, 2022September 4, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

NASA had to abort its second attempt to launch the Artemis 1 mission after a liquid hydrogen leak while the core stage was being fuelled. Mission engineers made three attempts at troubleshooting the issue but after all attempts failed, launch director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson officialy scrubbed the launch attempt. “We saw a large leak in the […]

Fuel leak ruins NASA’s 2nd shot at launching moon rocket

September 3, 2022September 3, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

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.“We’ll […]

Artemis-1 launch aborted again after liquid hydrogen leak

September 3, 2022September 3, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Space agency NASA had to abort its Artemis-1 mission for the second time in a week, after the recurrence of liquid hydrogen leak in one of the engines of the rocket. A similar problem had aborted the scheduled launch of the mission last Sunday (August 29) as well, apart from the fact that one of […]

NASA’s Artemis 1: What will happen during the Moon mission

August 25, 2022August 25, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

Almost fifty years after the Apollo mission, NASA is gearing up to return humanity to the Moon with its Artemis program. Artemis I, an uncrewed mission that is the first in a series of increasingly complex missions, is scheduled for launch on August 29 and will test the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and […]

NASA poised for historic Artemis I lunar launch from Florida

August 24, 2022August 24, 2022cpooldigitalLeave a Comment

A half century after the end of NASA’s Apollo era, the U.S. space agency’s long-anticipated bid to return astronauts to the moon’s surface remains at least three years away, with much of the necessary hardware still on the drawing board. But NASA aims to take a giant leap in its renewed lunar ambitions with the […]