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U.S. NEWS Diamars 30 augustus 2022

NASA scrubs launch of new moon rocket after engine problem

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.
(AP) — NASA called off Then, NASA ran into new
the launch of its mighty trouble when it was unable
new moon rocket on its to properly chill one of the
debut flight with three test rocket's four main engines,
dummies aboard Monday officials said. Engineers con-
after a last-minute cas- tinued working to pinpoint
cade of problems culmi- the source of the problem af-
nating in unexplained en- ter the launch postponement
gine trouble. was announced.

The next launch attempt will "This is a very complicated
not take place until Friday at machine, a very complicated
the earliest and could be off system, and all those things
until mid-September or later. have to work, and you don't
want to light the candle until
The mission, when it hap- it's ready to go," said NASA
pens, will be the first flight Administrator Bill Nelson.
in NASA's Artemis project, a
quest to put astronauts back Referring to launch delays,
on the moon for the first he said: "It's just part of the Nail said engineers were still among the VIPs who arrived. stage — the big orange fuel
time since the Apollo pro- space business and it's part of, analyzing the engine prob- tank with four main engines
gram ended 50 years ago. particularly, a test flight." lem and "we must wait to see Assuming the shakedown on it — but they later said it
what shakes out from their flight goes well, astronauts appeared to be just a buildup
As precious minutes ticked The rocket was set to lift off test data." will climb aboard for the sec- of frost in a crevice of the in-
away Monday morning, on a flight to propel a crew ond Artemis mission and fly sulating foam.
NASA repeatedly stopped capsule into orbit around the The test dummies inside the around the moon and back as
and started the fueling of the moon. The six-week mis- Orion capsule were fitted soon as 2024. A two-person Launch director Charlie
Space Launch System rocket sion was scheduled to end with sensors to measure vi- lunar landing could follow by Blackwell-Thompson and
because of a leak of highly with the capsule returning to bration, cosmic radiation and the end of 2025. her team also had to deal with
explosive hydrogen, eventu- Earth in a splashdown in the other conditions during the a communication problem
ally succeeding in reducing Pacific in October. shakedown flight, meant to The problems seen Monday involving the Orion capsule.
the seepage to acceptable lev- The 322-foot (98-meter) stress-test the spacecraft and were reminiscent of NASA's
els. The leak happened in the spaceship is the most pow- push it to its limits in ways space shuttle era, when hy- Engineers scrambled to un-
same place that saw seepage erful rocket ever built by that would never be attempt- drogen fuel leaks disrupted derstand an 11-minute delay
during a dress rehearsal in NASA, out-muscling even ed with humans aboard. countdowns and delayed a in the communication lines
the spring. the Saturn V that took the string of launches back in between launch control and
Apollo astronauts to the Even though no one was on 1990. Orion that cropped up late
The fueling already was run- moon. board, thousands of people Sunday. Though the prob-
ning nearly an hour late be- jammed the coast to see the Later in the morning, NASA lem had cleared by Monday
cause of thunderstorms off As for when NASA might rocket soar. Vice President also officials spotted what morning, NASA needed to
Florida's Kennedy Space make another liftoff attempt, Kamala Harris and Apollo 10 they feared was a crack or know why it happened be-
Center. launch commentator Derrol astronaut Tom Stafford were some other defect on the core fore committing to a launch.

Stocks fall broadly on Wall Street, adding to recent losses

NEW YORK (AP) — nology company Catalent central bank indicated it will shows consumer spending
Stocks fell broadly in slumped 8.8% after giving The yield on the 10-year raise rates into next year as slowed. Wall Street will get
morning trading on Wall investors a disappointing rev- Treasury rose to 3.10% from it tries to quell demand and several more updates on the
Street Monday, adding to enue forecast. 3.03% late Friday. bring down prices for goods economy this week.
their recent losses as the and services.
Federal Reserve stays fo- Energy stocks made gains Inflation, its impact on the The Conference Board will
cused on raising interest as U.S. crude oil prices rose economy and the Fed's bat- The Fed's last two hikes have release its latest reading on
rates to fight historically 2.6%. Exxon Mobil rose tle plan remain Wall Street's been by 0.75 points, and Wall consumer confidence on
hot inflation. 3.4%. main focus. Last week, the Street is expecting a third Tuesday.
such increase in September,
The S&P 500 fell 0.3% as of according to CME Group. The government will release
10:23 a.m. Eastern. Around its closely watched monthly
70% of stocks in the bench- Some investors had hoped jobs report on Friday. The
mark index lost ground. It that the Fed would ease up employment market has
is coming off of its biggest on rate hikes into next year if remained resilient amid a
single-day and weekly drop inflation subsides. That sen- broader slowdown for the
since mid-June. timent led to a rally for stocks economy. That has helped
in July and early August. temper worries that the U.S.
The Dow Jones Industrial is facing a potential recession.
Average fell 141 points, or Investors have been closely
0.4% to 32,134 and the Nas- watching economic reports European markets were also
daq fell 0.2%. to get a better sense of how lower and Asian markets
much the economy is slow- closed lower overnight. Chi-
Technology stocks were ing and whether inflation is nese economic data showing
among the biggest weights starting to cool from the hot- a drop in industrial profits
on the market. Apple slipped test levels in four decades. indicated that a strong recov-
0.7%. ery there will take time, amid
The Fed's preferred gauge fresh COVID-19 restric-
Health care stocks also fell of inflation decelerated last tions.
sharply. Drug delivery tech- month, while other data