Axiom’s fourth commercial manned mission scrubbed due to leakAxiom and SpaceX have scrubbed the launch tomorrow of Axiom’s fourth commercial manned mission to ISS due to an oxygen leak detected during the standard prelaunch static fire test.
NASA, Axiom Space, and SpaceX are standing down from the launch opportunity on Wednesday, June 11, of Axiom Mission 4 to the International Space Station to allow additional time for SpaceX teams to repair a liquid oxygen leak identified during post-static fire Falcon 9 rocket inspections. A new launch date for the fourth private astronaut mission will be provided once repair work is complete, pending range availability.
There a number of launches already scheduled for Florida in the next few days, so it could be that the launch of Ax-4 could be delayed by more than a few days.
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Axiom and SpaceX have scrubbed the launch tomorrow of Axiom’s fourth commercial manned mission to ISS due to an oxygen leak detected during the standard prelaunch static fire test.
NASA, Axiom Space, and SpaceX are standing down from the launch opportunity on Wednesday, June 11, of Axiom Mission 4 to the International Space Station to allow additional time for SpaceX teams to repair a liquid oxygen leak identified during post-static fire Falcon 9 rocket inspections. A new launch date for the fourth private astronaut mission will be provided once repair work is complete, pending range availability.
There a number of launches already scheduled for Florida in the next few days, so it could be that the launch of Ax-4 could be delayed by more than a few days.
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The print edition can be purchased at Amazon. from any other book seller, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
Interestingly, this is rather new booster — B1094. It has only one previous launch under its belt.
Hasn’t been broken in.
Though Falcon launches are routine, the hoverslam never fails to impress me.
SuperHeavy has such a more leisurely approach that the chopstick catch looked easy.
How might Starship be more like Falcon?
Unlike Neutron–where the fairing is part of the rocket, Falcon is unencumbered by them on its return.
Does the TPS *have* to stay attached to Starship?
Might a TPS “canoe” separate once Starship is subsonic?
Both SLS and shuttle stacks were supported by the massive SRBs.
Perhaps a detachable TPS could also supply strength to Starship as well.
Once freed from the canoe, Starship could be far lighter.
Falcon is proof that reusable parts of a system need not return attached.
Jeff Wright asked: “Does the TPS *have* to stay attached to Starship?”
If they want a quick turnaround time, which they do. For quick turnaround, the parts should stay attached. Imagine an airliner that jettisons cargo hatches before landing.