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NASA targets next Artemis I launch attempt, but a lot has to go right [i]NASA's next attempt to launch its new megarocket on a test flight to the moon could still happen this month, but only if the agency fixes a leak and receives a critical waiver from the U.S. Space Force. Jim Free, NASA's associate administrator for exploration systems development, said Thursday (Sept. 8) that the space agency is targeting Sept. 23 or Sept. 27 for the launch of its first Space Launch System (SLS) rocket on the Artemis I mission. Those launch dates, though, depend on a number of requirements, including securing a waiver to extend the time needed to check batteries on the SLS's flight termination system (FTS), which is used to destroy the rocket if it veers off course during its climb to space.[/i]
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