NASA Retryed SLS Rocket Launching On Saturday, September 3

NASA will launch a SLS Rocket test mission again on Saturday. (photo: Twitter @NASA)

JAKARTA - NASA wants to make a second attempt to launch a Space Launch System (SLS) rocket on Saturday, September 3, five days after a pair of technical problems thwarted its first attempt on Monday. This statement came about by NASA officials on Tuesday, September 30.

We're now targeting Saturday, Sept. 3 for the launch of the #Artemis I flight test around the Moon. The two-hour launch window opens at 2:17 p.m. ET (18:17 UTC). pic.twitter.com/MxwdcKHGdd

— NASA (@NASA) August 30, 2022

The SLS rocket, which is about 32 floors high, is trying to roll out again from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The rocket will carry its Orion capsule on a six-week unmanned test flight around the moon and return to Earth.

The long-awaited launch will begin the Artemis program on missions to the moon and Mars by the US space agency. This program is the successor to the 1960s and 1970s Apollo lunar projects.

The first SLS-Orion flight, a mission dubbed Artemis I, aims to place a 5.75 million-pound vehicle in a rigorous demonstration flight that will test its design capabilities, before NASA considers them reliable enough to carry astronauts.

NASA's first attempt to launch the Artemis I on Monday was forced to end due to a cooling problem caused by one of the main-stage engines of the rocket. This issue has forced a delay and delay.

At a press conference on Tuesday, NASA officials said they hoped the matter would be resolved on time for a relaunch on Saturday.