Technical Issue Nixes First SLS Launch Attempt

Irene Klotz Mark Carreau August 29, 2022
Credit: NASA TV
CAPE CANAVERAL—A procedure to thermally condition the Space Launch System (SLS) main engines for flight failed during the closing hours of the launch countdown on Aug. 29, prompting a scrub. NASA had hoped to test the so-called hydrogen kick-start procedure during its June 20 wet dress rehearsal for...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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