hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. nasa tried and failed again on saturday to get its space launch system vehicle to lift off from florida s kennedy space center. the countdown had to be halted because of a fuel leak the second postponement in a week. the artemis programme aims to return humans to the moon in 2025, but the nasa team have suggested that there may now be a significant delay to the project. our science editor, rebecca morelle, gave us the latest from kennedy space center, in florida. there is a real sense of disappointment here at the kennedy space center, but the problems started earlier on today. while the rocket was being fuelled, a large hydrogen leak was detected. and this is not a good thing. so the team tried to fix it three times but their troubleshooting did not work and the launch was stopped. over the last few hours, they have been poring over the data to find out what went wrong, and they have announced the rocket will n
and the options were basically do it at the pad or do it back in the vehicle assembly building. either of those options do not preserve our ability to fly before the end of this launch period which expires on the 6th. leroy chiao is a former nasa astronaut and commander of the international space station. he says technical problems like this are nothing new. well, this brings me back to my first days and nasa in the early 1990s when we were having all kind of hydrogen leakage issues with the space shuttle and it seemed we would never be able to launch shuttles again. we had delay after delay on different vehicles but we finally got that solved and i am sure the technical team here will get these problems are solved. this is a new leak that hadn t been seen previous tanking. in other words, the small leaks seen on monday s attempt were from a different area.
subject with reagan, but he also understood what gorbachev was trying to do, and he remained there at the gorbachev foundation which was set up to promote democracy. well, it didn t have much effect, i m afraid. this is bbc world news, the latest headlines nasa has called off the planned launch of its new moon rocket for the second time in a week. officials say it s likely there won t be another launch attempt for several weeks. the european union says it s ready to react if russia doesn t resume gas deliveries through a key baltic pipeline. moscow has blamed maintenance problems for the extended closure. the international atomic energy agency says ukraine s zaporizhzhia nuclear plant has again lost connection to its last remaining external power line. the head of the agency has said that military activity has violated the physical integrity of the plant several times. zaporizhzhia, in southern ukraine, is europe s largest nuclear plant.
this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. nasa says it will be several weeks before it makes another attempt to launch the artemis moon rocket, after blast off was aborted for a second time. the european union says the bloc is ready to react if russia doesn t resume gas deliveries through a key baltic pipeline. thousands of people have paid their last respects to mikhail gorbachev the man who brought the cold war to an end. the death of mikhail gorbachev really does mark the end of an extraordinary era in history, a rare period when russia was opening up to the world. and a warning of a rise in water borne diseases in pakistan, as the country struggles to cope with the aftermath of devastating monsoon floods.
hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. nasa tried and failed again on saturday to get its space launch system vehicle to lift off from florida s kennedy space center. the countdown had to be halted because of a fuel leak the second postponement in a week. the artemis programme aims to return humans to the moon in 2025, but the nasa team have suggested that there may now be a significant delay to the project. our science editor, rebecca morelle, gave us the latest from kennedy space center, in florida. there is a real sense of disappointment here at the kennedy space center, but the problems started earlier on today. while the rocket was being fuelled, a large hydrogen leak was detected. and this is not a good thing. so the team tried to fix it three times but their