[U: Liftoff And Stable Orbit!] So -- At 10:15 EST, The Artemis Hydrogen Fueling Operation Has Been Halted -- Due To More Leaks.

Serves me right! Here at 2:30 AM EST, the Orion lunar spacecraft is stable in orbit -- and will depart for the moon within the hour. Excellent! End, update.

I'll not stay up, as the launch window is so tight, at about three hours. . . that I am now convinced the launch team will run out of time.

And "Take Four". . . will become "Take Five", some time in December. Here's the current NASA feed:

. . .Engineers have paused flowing liquid hydrogen into the core stage because of a small leak on a hydrogen valve inside of the mobile launcher. A team of personnel called a red crew is being assembled to go to the pad to make sure all of the connections and valves remain tight. The valve is located within the base of the mobile launcher. . . .

They will enter the zero deck or base of the mobile launcher to tighten connections to ensure a hydrogen valve used to replenish the core stage remains tight. . . .

I'll also just run a modified prior graphic -- as this has become all too. . . disappointingly routine. G'night.

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