NASA readies for Saturday Moonrocket launch attempt
Liftoff is scheduled for 2:17 pm local time from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, with the potential for up to a two-hour delay if necessary."The weather looks good," and isn't expected to be a"showstopper," forecast analyst Melody Lovin said at a press conference.
At first, it seemed that one of the rocket's four main engines was too hot, though it turned out just to be a reading from a"bad sensor," the rocket's program manager John Honeycutt said Thursday.Then a fuel tank leak had to be patched. "There's no guarantee that we're going to get off on Saturday, but we're going to try," Artemis mission manager Mike Sarafin said.
It is the Orion that will then take future astronauts back to the Moon—including the first woman and the first person color to walk on its surface—in 2025 at the earliest.
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