NASA’s Artemis team will take a second shot at a launch on Shabbos after the first attempt on Monday was scrubbed. Team leaders at a media briefing Tuesday said the two-hour launch window for the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft will begin around 2:17 p.m. ET on Shabbos. Weather for Shabbos indicates some rainy weather but conditions favorable enough for the team to work with, according to NASA.
The launch team reviewed data from Monday’s launch and settled on a game plan to resolve several issues, including an engine that failed to cool down and led to the launch delay, The Hill reports.
If Shabbos‘ launch at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center is successful, the SLS will rocket into space and plummet back to Earth after shooting the unmanned Orion spacecraft on a six-week journey more than 40,000 miles past the moon. Through the Artemis program, NASA is trying to send astronauts to the moon for the first time since 1972. Shabbos’ launch, if successful, will be the first in a series of tests that will lead to NASA putting astronauts on Orion and landing them on the south pole of the moon sometime in 2025 or 2026.
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