ORLANDO, Fla. — NASA is pushing back a test of fixes on the launch pad for Artemis I to later in September, which has taken one potential launch date off the board.
NASA announced late Monday it would delay the cryogenic tanking test to make sure the feed lines that run from the mobile launcher into the massive Space Launch System rocket no longer leak. That test will now be no earlier than Sept. 21, pushed four days from the original plans.
The delay means that a launch on Sept. 23 is off the table, but plans are still in play to shoot for Sept. 27 while also looking at an opportunity for Oct. 2.
