🚨 BREAKING! NASA Preparing For Artemis II Rollback & Launch Delay 🚨
NASA teams are working a newly discovered technical concern with the Space Launch System following analysis of data collected overnight.
Engineers identified an interruption in helium flow within the SLS Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage (ICPS) — the upper stage that performs the crucial burn sending the Orion spacecraft out of Earth orbit and onto its trajectory around the Moon.
Mission managers at Kennedy Space Center are now troubleshooting the issue and preparing for a likely rollback of the Artemis II vehicle from Launch Complex-39B back to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) to allow additional inspections and corrective work.
A rollback would almost certainly affect the targeted March launch opportunity.
“After overnight data showed an interruption in helium flow in the SLS interim cryogenic propulsion stage, teams are troubleshooting and preparing for a likely rollback of Artemis II to the VAB at @NASAKennedy. This will almost assuredly impact the March launch window.” - Jared Isaacman | NASA Administrator
This is a developing situation.
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