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Today but as administrator said were not going to launch until ready. >> reporter: bill nelson was at the press conference and pointed out that the cost of two scrubs isl less than the cost of one failure. there is a lot of disappointment here at nasa at the kennedy space center today, there is also an a acknowledgement this could have been worse like an explosion at the launch pad or shortly after liftoff. one other thing, we talked so much about the bad weather in september in the afternoon in...

NASA’s next-generation Space Launch System likely won’t fly before the end of September..

NASA is getting a lot of practice prepping its new moon rocket for flight. For the second time this week, technical problems forced the agency to scrub the launch of its Artemis I mission.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida - NASA's new moon rocket sprang another dangerous fuel leak Saturday, forcing launch controllers to call off their second att

After standing down on Artemis Is second launch attempt on Saturday, when engineers could not overcome a hydrogen leak in a quick disconnect -- an interface between the liquid hydrogen fuel feed line and the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket -- mission managers met and decided they will forego additional launch attempts in early September.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, UNITED STATES (AFP) – After scrapping a second attempt to get its new 30-storey lunar rocket off the ground due to a fuel leak, NASA officials said it may not be possible to try again this month. The current launch window for NASA’s Artemis 1 mission to the Moon ends tomorrow and […]

One other issue theyve encountered is some safety violations on the range. they need to replace some batteries with the flight termination system because this rocket has been on the launch pad for so long. theyre going to try to request a waiver with the space force that runs this range but dont know if theyll get it. were looking at ad delay of several weeks at the earliest. here is jim speaking a few hours after the scrub was announced. >> we dont go into these tests lightly. we dont say we th...

Administrator jim fries. >> we dont go into these tests lightly. we dont say, we think, we hope this is going to work. the confidence to do another launch attempt today was born out of the fact that we understood the hydrogen leaks that we had on monday, those are different than the leak that we had today. in terms of scale. one was in the same place, but today was a different signature. we understood the engine issue. so we would confident coming into today. but as the administrator said, were ...

Very disappointed about this but theyre acutely aware this could have been much worse. this is not the worst case scenario. that would have been an explosion on the launch pad or shortly after liftoff. nasa is confident that its "artemis" moon rocket will get off this launch pad. the question is when. coming up, shes a producer, actress, director, choreographer dancer and teacher and so much more. she has a new home for her dance academy to help teach the next generation of dancers. my convers...

NASA now intends to roll the 322-foot rocket back to the VAB and to reset all systems, so the earliest launch may not be until October.