launch this friday for its artemis 1 rocket after an engine issue forced it to be scrubbed on monday. they will meet to evaluate their next steps as they prepare for the u.s. space agency moon mission for the first in 50 years. reporter: engine number 2058 has helped propel six space shuttles into orbit starting back in 2006. scrub of the attempt of launch of artemis 1. reporter: but today that system was the primary culprit behind the scrub of the first test flights of the sr.artemis n rocket. we need it to be at the temperature such that when it starts it is not shocked with all the cold fuel that flows through it. reporter: nasa says it is too soon to determine when it will try again, but the mission manager gave a classic nasa response when addressing if the next launch opportunity on
emergency. as we go to break, an update from nasa, which has yet to reschedule the launch of its artemis i mission to the moon after the agency scrubbed yesterday s launch because of an engine issue. nasa said, a liquid hydrogen line did not adequately chill one of the rocket s four core stage engines. the next available window for launch, there are several, this friday and next monday. nasa says it is unclear if the issue will be resolved by then. we ll be right back.
him at those events. this dynamic seemed to be playing out for the upcoming holiday, and a campaign spokesperson for pennsylvania senate candidate john fetterman said he would not appear with biden today, his event in scranton, but would march with the president in the labor day parade in pittsburgh. the president will also travel to milwaukee on monday, for a labor day parade there as well. and he will be with the wisconsin governor tony evers, but lieutenant governor mandela barnes, who is locked in a competitive race with republican senator ron johnson, has not yet made a commitment to appear with the president of his own party. nasa has yet to reschedule its launch of the artemis one mission to the moon after the agency scrubbed yesterday s launch because of an engine issue. nasa said a liquid hydrogen line did not adequately chill one of the rocket s four core stage engines.
of frost so that could just be frost, it could be the result of a crack, so the teams are looking into that, but also an engine issue. engine number 3 on the core stage, the core stage is that orange huge middle part of the rocket that you see. one of the four engines is not performing as expected right now. as you pointed out there is a two-hour launch window but all of these delays have added up so it s unclear right now if the teams will be able to troubleshoot these issues but also if they would be able if they are able to troubleshoot these issues if they will be able to make up that time and make up make this launch window today. if they are not able to make this launch window there is another potential launch date of september 2nd, also a backup to the backup of september 5th. i want to remind our viewers that this is a test launch here and that rocket behind me has never flown. so there have been several
an acceptable result under any circumstances despite what the threats or the conflagration or the public outrage might be. those are all things that we need to be able to manage. justice must be done when justice is called for no matter who the target of that justice is, and that s just my personal opinion on it. but i hope that the senator s comments don t take the day. we ll be watching to see what happens here. but the law should be applied the same to everybody, should it not? good to have you both with us this morning, thank you. we re keeping a close watch on what is happening in florida. an engine issue forcing nasa to postpone this historic return to the moon. these are live pictures here of the new artemis rocket, still on the launchpad. 39b at the kennedy space center. the issue that led to the scrubbing of the launch today discovered just ahead of the launch window opening this morning. thousands of spectators had traveled to florida for that launch. among them, vice p