September 4, 2022 2:07 PM
NASA calls off Artemis-1 moon rocket launch again after liquid hydrogen leak
NASA called off the second attempt to launch an ambitious test flight of its new moon rocket yesterday, this time because of a stubborn leak that delayed fueling. The space agency hoped to launch its Artemis 1 moon mission atop a towering Space Launch System (SLS) megarocket at 2:17 p.m. EDT yesterday, but a hydrogen fuel leak detected about seven hours before liftoff thwarted the attempt. NASA engineers repeatedly tried to staunch the fuel leak during the Artemis 1 countdown but all three attem...