NASA’s Orion launch delayed by 24 hours, due to gusty winds, faulty fuel valves (updated)

Sadly, today’s launch of Orion has been scrubbed (aborted). 

There was an issue with the fuel valves that shook NASA’s confidence in the launch. NASA will go again tomorrow morning, Friday December 5, assuming the issues can be resolved. 

Updated @ 09:30am: At long last, we’re all-systems-go for today’s final attempt at launching Orion. Launch is set for 09:44am Eastern time. If anything goes wrong, launch will be delayed until another day. 

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