I Am Artemis: Joe Pavicic

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Joe Pavicic will never forget when he told the Artemis launch director teams were NO-GO for launch.

Before Artemis I lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida in November 2022, the launch team made multiple launch attempts the months prior.

"During a previous Artemis I launch attempt, there was an issue with engine three," said Pavicic, operations project engineer who worked on the engines console during Artemis I. "One sensor was showing that it wasn't seeing liquid hydrogen through it. It was showing that it was at ambient temperature."

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