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OT: Artemis lunar launch back on track for early April

DJ Spanky

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They've rolled it out to the pad.

BBC >> Nasa's Artemis Moon rocket rolls back to pad for possible April launch

The 98m tall Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion spacecraft made a four mile journey from their assembly building to Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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Now at the pad, engineers will spend several days checking that the repairs carried out in the VAB have worked as intended and that nothing has shifted during the slow journey out. They will plug the launch tower back into the vehicle, run pressure tests on the helium system that caused the earlier problem.

Once those tests are complete, Nasa's mission management team will meet a few days before the earliest launch opportunity on 1 April to review the data and decide whether to proceed.
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DJ Spanky

DJ Spanky

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RUfromSoCal?

RUfromSoCal?

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I hope II goes-off soon and trouble free......

at the same time, SLS seems to remain in long-term trouble - overall.

 
RULoyal

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They were talking with an ex-astronaut and asked him about the “25” patch on his jacket. That signifies how fast they were coming in during re-entry (mach 25). He said these guys coming in today will be going about mach 32.
 
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Rutgers Chris

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Didn’t hear the boom and couldn’t see anything because of the marine layer unfortunately. We also get a SpaceX launch in a few hours
 
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