After a fuel leak, NASA cancels the moon rocket Artemis-1's second attempt to launch, delaying the mission for weeks.
Mission managers made the decision to move the rocket off the launch pad and into the hangar for additional maintenance and system updates following the setback. Before the rocket is relocated, certain testing and work may be done at the pad. Launch controllers were forced to abandon their second attempt this week to launch a crew capsule into lunar orbit with test dummies after NASA's new moon rocket sprung another hazardous fuel leak on Saturday. The first flight has been postponed for several weeks or perhaps months. The 322-foot (98-meter) Space Launch System rocket, the most potent rocket NASA has ever developed, was previously attempted on Monday, but that attempt was also plagued with hydrogen leaks, albeit on a smaller scale. This was in addition to leaks found earlier in the year during countdown drills. Mission managers made the decision to move the rocket off the launch pad and into the hangar for additional maintenance and system updates following the most recent setbac...