Nasa calls off Artemis 1 moon rocket launch for second time after fuel leak

It was not immediately clear if space agency will be able to make fixes in time to meet next backup launch date of Monday

Nasa called off its latest attempt to launch the groundbreaking Artemis 1 moon rocket on Saturday after failing to stem a fuel leak discovered during tanking. It was the second time in five days that technical issues had kept the spacecraft on the launchpad.

Mission managers waited until the late in the countdown to scrub the liftoff after the failure of several workarounds to try to stem the leak of liquid hydrogen into the core stage of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket.

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