NASA Moon Rocket Faces More Flight Delays as Repairs Mount

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The flight debut of NASA’s mega moon rocket faces additional delays following a string of failed fueling tests

Officials said Monday it will be challenging to meet a launch window in early to mid-June. The next opportunity to send an empty capsule to the moon on a test flight would be at the end of June or July.

The 30-story Space Launch System rocket has been on the pad at Kennedy Space Center for the past month. It will return to the hangar next week for valve and fuel leak repairs. The problems cropped up earlier this month, preventing NASA from filling the rocket’s fuel tanks for a critical dress rehearsal.

The rocket will likely spend weeks in the hangar before heading back to the pad for a testing redo, said launch director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson.Download NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

 

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Well shuttle Columbia was tanked 6 times before successfully launching in 1981, soooooo cut them some slack? Want to be more safe than sorry esp. after Appollo 1, Challenger and Columbia etc. Learning lessons. Extra caution here doing an unscrewed mission to work out any issues

Your courts in San Diego are busted for staging fake civil cases, man!! You guys are all in HOT WATER 😬

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