US EditionNASA begins a practice countdown for its first moonshot with astronauts in more than 50 years
NASA's rehearsal includes fueling over 700,000 gallons of super-cold fuel to verify launch procedures for a nearly 10-day mission around the moon with four astronauts aboard.
- Saturday, NASA began a two-day practice countdown to rehearse fueling and set launch timing for four astronauts, stopping a half-minute short of ignition.
- Weather and recent pad rollout set the rehearsal's timing as a bitter cold spell delayed the fueling demo and launch by two days after the 322-foot Space Launch System rocket moved to the pad two weeks ago.
- Commander Reid Wiseman and his crew remain in quarantine and will be the first to launch to the moon since 1972, riding the Orion capsule to loop around the moon before a Pacific splashdown, while NASA monitors the rehearsal from their Houston base.
- If Monday's fueling test succeeds, NASA could aim to launch within a week, with Feb. 8 now marked as the earliest possible liftoff.
- The fueling rehearsal stops 30 seconds short of ignition to confirm launch procedures for nearly 10 days and the first crewed lunar mission in more than 50 years, ending with a Pacific splashdown.
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NASA begins practice countdown for first moonshot with astronauts in over 50 years
(ABC) — NASA began a two-day practice countdown Saturday leading up to the fueling of its new moon rocket, a crucial test that will determine when four astronauts blast off on a lunar flyby. Already in quarantine to avoid germs, Commander Reid Wiseman and his crew will be the first people to launch to the moon since 1972. They will monitor the dress rehearsal from their Houston base before flying to Kennedy Space Center once the rocket is cleare…
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Times of IndiaNASA begins practice countdown for its first moonshot with astronauts in more than 50 years
NASA began a two-day practice countdown Saturday leading up to the fuelling of its new moon rocket, a crucial test that will determine when four astronauts blast off on a lunar flyby. If Mondays fueling test goes well, NASA could try to launch within a week.
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NASA begins a practice countdown for its first moonshot with astronauts in more than 50 years
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