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Artemis I rocket prepares for late August launch to the moon - CNN

Artemis I rocket prepares for late August launch to the moon - CNN

Artemis I rocket prepares for late August launch to the moon - CNN
Jun 24, 2022 46 secs

Nevertheless, the team concluded that the test attempts have achieved almost all of the objectives needed before launch.

"We only had 13 of the 128 commanded functions that we planned in terminal count that didn't get successfully accomplished," Phil Weber, senior technical integration manager for NASA's Exploration Ground Systems Program, said during a Friday news conference.

Friday evening's test isn't required, but engineers want to do a quick spin through the system to mitigate any risk of malfunctions in the future, said John Blevins, chief engineer for NASA's Space Launch System Program.

Next week, the Artemis team will roll the 322-foot-tall (98-meter-tall) Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft stack back into the Vehicle Assembly Building.

The team will also test and install pyrotechnics for the flight termination system hardware, said Cliff Lanham, senior vehicle operations manager for NASA's Exploration Ground Systems Program.

This plan sets the team up for a launch opportunity that opens in late August.

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