SPACE reports NASA officials have postponed a planned spacewalk from the ISS “as a precautionary measure after a leak of ammonia coolant was spotted Monday (Oct. 9) in a backup radiator on the Russian Nauka science module. Another spacewalk on Oct. 20 is also postponed and new dates will be announced shortly, NASA officials stated.”
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SpaceX Scrubs Satellite Launch Again Over Weather
UPI reports that SpaceX postponed the Arab League satellite launch due to weather for the second straight night. The satellite sitting atop the Falcon 9 rocket “will provide communications capability for Arabsat’s customers in Europe, the Middle East and Africa” upon launch.
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SpaceX Delays Starship Flight 10 Test Launch, Now Targets Monday Evening
SPACE reports SpaceX scrubbed the planned 10th test flight of its Starship megarocket today (Aug. 24), citing “an issue with ground systems” at its Starbase site in South Texas…
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NASA Cancels Spacewalk, Mulls “All Options” Due to Crew Medical Issue
CBS News reports, “A spacewalk planned for Thursday outside the International Space Station was called off late Wednesday because of a ‘medical concern’ with an unidentified crew member, NASA said in a statement. An update shortly before midnight said the agency was exploring ‘all options, including the possibility of an earlier end to Crew 11’s mission.’”
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Persistent Hydrogen Leaks Push Artemis II Launch to March
Ars Technica reports, “The launch of NASA’s Artemis II mission will have to wait another month after a fueling test Monday uncovered hydrogen leaks in the connection between the rocket and its launch platform at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. ‘Engineers pushed through several challenges during the two-day test and met many of the planned objectives,’ NASA said in a statement following the conclusion of the mock countdown.”
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