>> NOW AT 7, NO LUCK FOR NASA AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO CRAMMED INTO THE
SPACE COAST HOPING TO SEE THE
ARTEMIS ONE MOON ROCKET
LAUNCH. MISSION MANAGERS IN
COUNTERING A PERSISTENT
PROBLEM WITH FUELING THE
ROCKET. ANOTHER TROUBLESOME
HYDROGEN LEAK. GOOD EVENING.
I’M LISA BELL. THANKS FOR
JOINING US.
>> THE SCRUB CAME JUST AFTER
11 THIS MORNING.
>> AGAIN, A RECTOR CHARLIE
BLACKWELL. THOMPSON CALLING A
SCRUB FOR THE DAY. HERE AT THE
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER LAUNCH
COMPLEX. 39 B. THE TEAM NOW
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER LAUNCH
COMPLEX. 39 B. THE TEAM NOW Lower. Longer. GOING INTO THE CUT-OFF
PROCEDURE. AFTER BEING UNABLE
TO RESOLVE A HYDROGEN LEAK.
PROCEDURE. AFTER BEING UNABLE
TO RESOLVE A HYDROGEN LEAK. Lower. Longer. >> LIQUID HYDROGEN LEAKS HAVE
PLAGUED THE ARTEMIS MISSIONS
GOING BACK TO THE PRACTICE
COUNTDOWNS. BUT TODAY’S LEAK
WAS ONE THEY HAD NOT SEEN
BEFORE. NEWS, 6 ANCHOR AND
SPACE EXPERT ERIK VON ANCKEN
BEGINS OUR TEAM COVERAGE
TONIGHT FROM THE KENNEDY SPACE
CENTER. HE’S BEEN THERE SINCE
EARLY THIS MORNING WHEN THE
LAUNCH TEAM FIRST STARTED
TANKING.
LAUNCH TEAM FIRST STARTED
TANKING. Lower. Longer. >> ERIK: NASA HAS A PROBLEM
BUT DOESN’T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT
THAT PROBLEM IS OVER AT THIS
POINT. HOW TO FIX IT. WE DO
KNOW WHICH SOMEWHERE IN THE
CONNECTION FUELING CONNECTION
POINT ON THE SLS ROCKET. THAT
WAS SOLELY THE REASON FOR THE
SCRUB TODAY THERE WAS A LEAK
DETECTED.
>> IN THE ENGINE CAVITY.
>> THE LAUNCH TEAM TRIED
EVERYTHING THEY COULD THINK OF
TO STOP THE LEAK ONCE AND THEY
HAVE THE LAUNCH DIRECTOR TO
SIGN OFF ON A TRIPLE SHOOTING
PLAN AND THAT AGAIN, ENGINEERS
TO DISCUSSING ANOTHER TROUBLE
SHOOTING PLAN TO TRY AND
>> FIX A LEAK.
>> AND EVEN A 3RD TIME. BUT
NOTHING WORKED.
>> RECTOR CHARLIE BLACKWELL,
THOMPSON JUST CALLED A SCRUB.
WE DON’T GO INTO THESE TESTS
LATELY, RIGHT? WE WE DON’T
JUST SAY WE THINK WE HOPE THIS
IS GOING TO WORK.
>> THE CONFIDENCE THE
CONFIDENCE TO DO ANOTHER
LAUNCH ATTEMPT TODAY WAS BORN
OUT OF THE FACT THAT WE
UNDERSTOOD THE HYDROGEN LEAKS
THAT WE HAD ON ON MONDAY.
THOSE ARE DIFFERENT THAN THE
LEAK THAT WE HAD TODAY AND WE
UNDERSTOOD THE ENGINE ISSUE.
SO WE WERE CONFIDENT COMING
INTO TODAY. BUT AS THE
ADMINISTRATOR SAID, WE’RE NOT
GOING TO LAUNCH TO. WE’RE
READY.
>> LEAKING LIQUID HYDROGEN IS
AN OLD PROBLEM FOR THE ARTEMIS
ONE TEAM. BUT IN A NEW SPOT
THIS TIME AT YET ANOTHER
CONNECTION POINT WHERE THE
FUELING HOSES MEET BETWEEN THE
ROCKET AND THE MOBILE LAUNCHER
ON MONDAY MORNING DURING THE
FIRST LAUNCH ATTEMPT, A
SIMILAR HYDROGEN LEAK DELAYED
THAT COUNTDOWN. BUT IT WAS AT
A DIFFERENT DISCONNECT. THE
LAUNCH TEAM WAS ABLE TO SOLVE
IT BY TRYING THE SAME TROUBLE
SHOOTING STEPS. THEY TRIED
SATURDAY MORNING. THIS TIME,
THOUGH IT DIDN’T WORK WHEN
WE’RE READY TO GO BACK OUT
THERE.
>> WE’LL GO BACK OUT THERE AND
TRY FOR LAUNCH. MISSION
MANAGERS SAY WHAT THEY NEED
NOW MORE THAN ANYTHING IS TIME
TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO AND
WHERE TO DO. WHAT CAN THEY
START ON THE FIX HERE AT THE
PAD OR DO THEY HAVE TO ROLL
THE ROCKET BACK TO THE VEHICLE
ASSEMBLY BUILDING OFF TO MY
RIGHT. THEY SAY MONDAY OR
TUESDAY, WE SHOULD KNOW MORE
ONE CERTAINTY, THOUGH, AT THIS
POINT IN ORDER TO RECERTIFY
THEIR FLIGHT TERMINATION
SYSTEM. THAT’S THE ABILITY TO
DESTROY THE ROCKET. IN CASE IT
VEERS OFF COURSE THEY HAVE TO
DO THAT INSIDE THE VA. BE AND
THAT EXPIRES THAT
CERTIFICATION EXPIRES AND THE
NEXT FEW DAYS FOR NOW, THE
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, ERIK VON
ANCKEN GETTING RESULTS, NEWS
6.
>> ERIC, THANK YOU. NOW
ARTEMIS ONE IS AN UNCREWED
TEST FLIGHT. IF ALL GOES WELL,
THERE WILL BE AT LEAST 2 MORE
LAUNCHES SIMILAR TO THIS ONE
IN THE COMING YEARS. THE PLAN
IS TO LAUNCH 4 ASTRONAUTS ON A
LOOP AROUND THE MOON IN 2024,
THEN ONE YEAR LATER IN 2025,
THE MAIN EVENT THE ROCKET WILL
ACTUALLY PLAY A ROLE IN
PUTTING THE FIRST WOMAN AND
THE NEXT MAN ON THE MOON.
OFFICIALS IN BREVARD COUNTY
WERE EXPECTING 400,000 PEOPLE
ON THE SPACE COAST THIS
WEEKEND. MANY HOPING TO WATCH
HISTORY LEFT DISAPPOINTED FOR
THE SECOND SCRUB IN A ROW NEWS
SIX’S MOLLY REED WAS THERE.
>> ANOTHER DISAPPOINTING DAY
HERE ON THE SPACE COAST WITH
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE NOW GOING
HOME WITHOUT SEEING A LAUNCH.
THOUSANDS ARE PACKING THE
PARKS LIKE SPACE. YOU HEAR
SOME CAMPING OVERNIGHT. OTHERS
YOU’RE GETTING AT THE BREAK OF
DAWN TO TRY TO GET THE BEST
VIEWING SPOT WE DID WE ALWAYS
BEEN EASY, BUT I’M VERY
DISAPPOINTED. BUT HOPEFULLY
SOMEDAY SISTERS, MARY HOLLAND
AND PHOEBE HAIL DROVE DOWN
FROM THE CAROLINAS, HOPING TO
WITNESS HISTORY TODAY. IT WAS
PART OF MY BUCKET LIST. I
CALLED MY SISTER SAID YOU GET
TO SOUTH CAROLINA. WE GOING TO
SAY A LOT IT. LIKE MANY WHO
TRAVEL, GREAT MILES TO BE
HERE. THEY WERE LEFT WITH JUST
A VIEW OF THE PARKED ARTEMIS
ROCKET 10 MILES EAST OF THE
RIVER TODAY TYING A SATURDAY
LAUNCH IN WITH THE HOLIDAY
WEEKEND OVER 400,000 PEOPLE
ARE EXPECTED TO BE HERE FOR
TAKE 2 OF AN ARTEMIS LAUNCH
TAPPED. WE WANT TO HEAR AND
SEE AND FEEL MANY WERE SITTING
ON THE EDGE OF THEIR SEATS AS
NEWS OF PROBLEMS AT THE LAUNCH
PAD BROKE OUT BEFORE THE
DISAPPOINTING SCRUB
ANNOUNCEMENT CAME JUST A
COUPLE HOURS LATER. SAFER THAN
SORRY. AS WHAT I SAY AS MUCH
MONEY AS I GOT INVOLVED WITH
IT. BUT IT DOES THIS US IN A
LOT OF FOLKS. IT’S GOING MAKE
LONG DRIVING IN OUT WHILE SOME
MADE A MAD DASH TO THE CAR TO
TRY AND BE TRAFFIC OTHER STUCK
AROUND SOAKING IN THE VIEW FOR
JUST A WHILE LONGER. WE DRIVE
ALL THIS. WHY WE LIKE TO SAY
SOMETHING. NOW. SOME OF THE
PEOPLE WE TALKED TO WHO CAME
INTO TOWN SAY THAT THEY’RE
GOING TO STICK AROUND TO AT
LEAST SEE A LAUNCH TOMORROW
NIGHT. SPACEX IS EXPECTED TO