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On Monday, August 29, 2022, as the launch countdown nears, a NASA helicopter flies past the agency's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft mounted atop the mobile launcher at Launch Pad 39B. NASA and Joel Kowsky The launch of Artemis I will take place on Saturday, September 3 at 2:17 p.m. EDT (11:17 a.m. PDT), at the start of a two-hour window. The Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, the ground systems, and the Orion spacecraft are being tested together for the first time at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Mission management gathered on Tuesday, August 30, to examine data and create a future plan for handling problems that came up during a flight test launch attempt on August 29. The four RS-25 engines could not be chilled down to minus 420 degrees Fahrenheit during the launch attempt. Engine 3 in particular displayed higher temperatures compared to the other engines. Teams also detected a hydrogen leak on a component of the tail service mast umbilica...

All of the components that make up the rocket's boosters were created by Northrop Grumman in Promontory, Utah, where the process began. The booster segments were brought to Kennedy Space Center's Rotation, Processing, and Surge Facility, or RPSF, after a 10-day cross-country trip. If anything seems similar, it's because the processing of the shuttle booster segments, which all originated in Utah, was done at the same site. The rest of the motor segments are then put together and placed on top of the mobile launcher as they prepare to enter the famed Vehicle Assembly Building, or VAB. The one thing about this car, of course, is that it is made all throughout the nation. All of the elements arrive here. Although they may be produced all throughout the country, the Vehicle Assembly Building is where they are all assembled. 8.8 million pounds of thrust will be produced by our SLS rocket in order to overcome the gravitational pull of the Earth. The Space Shuttle and the Saturn V...