Well, crap. There’s a leak in the ‘core stage replenish valve’ inside the mobile launcher. NASA’s team is monitoring the situation, and making plans to potentially send in a specialized team called the ‘Red Crew’ into the launch area to make adjustments.
The latest forecast from the Space Force’s 45th Weather Squadron has the probability of good weather at 90 percent. It’s always nice when they get to be the bearer of good news — they’re no strangers to calling the whole thing off.
And things seem to be going well. <Knocks wood.> There was a “little bit of leakage” of the hydrogen, but it’s still within range, according to the NASA broadcast.
Here’s a cheat sheet for the Artemis I mission
In a few minutes, NASA will start loading propellant into the SLS in preparation for its scheduled launch time at 1:04AM ET. Coverage has already started on NASA TV.
Bloomberg reports that the funding round values the company at more than $150 billion. That’s a pretty big jump from earlier this year, when the company was valued at $125 billion.
It’s a giant inflatable heat shield, aka NASA’s Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (LOFTID). It was just fished out of the Pacific Ocean this morning.
