{"id":130923,"date":"2022-09-05T09:39:28","date_gmt":"2022-09-05T13:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130923///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130923//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130923//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130923//?p=130923"},"modified":"2026-02-17T09:57:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T14:57:30","slug":"ucf-space-expert-on-why-nasa-launches-get-scrubbed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130923///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130923//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130923//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130923//ucf-space-expert-on-why-nasa-launches-get-scrubbed/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130923//","title":{"rendered":"UCF Space Expert on Why NASA Launches Get Scrubbed"},"content":{"rendered":"

When the Artemis I mission launch was scrubbed Sept. 3, it was an event UCF Planetary Scientist Phil Metzger /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130923/u201900MS/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130923/u201905PhD has experienced dozens of times. Having worked on the Space Shuttle program Launch Team and with NASA for nearly 30 years, Metzger has seen /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130923/u2014 and worked through /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130923/u2014 his fair share of scrubbed launches, as he estimates 50% of the Space Shuttle program launches were canceled./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/130923/n