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NASA officials are still targeting Labor Day weekend for a second attempt at launching the SLS rocket on the Artemis I mission from KSC.

The two-hour launch window opens at 2:17p Saturday afternoon.

NASA officials are still targeting Labor Day weekend for a second attempt at launching the SLS rocket on the Artemis I mission from KSC.

NASA officials are still targeting Labor Day weekend for a second attempt at launching the SLS rocket on the Artemis I mission from KSC.

Another has been going since 2004, 2005, so, you know, thats -- thats kind of just a reference point, but we are here now, and so the -- the launch is exciting. it certainly cost a lot more than most us thought that it would. its taken a lot longer than most of us thought it would, but at least were here now. >> and the launch window opens at 8:33 tomorrow morning at kennedy space center in florida. well, with everything in place for a launch, the only thing left to chance now is the weather. ...

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Prope pr pr propellants that fill that tank. theyre still targeting, but that may not be possible with the delays and the leaks. the weather is looking good at 8:30 in the morning in florida, but closer to 10:30, the end of the launch window, those showers start to come in. so its too soon to say if the rocket is going to go but a lot of excitement here. >> this is a big rocket, right. this is unlike anything weve ever seen before, am i right? >> reporter: it is the most powerful rocket thats ev...

Portion of that launch window at 8:30 a.m. eastern so now it pushes it to the back half up until 10:30 eastern and of course that is when the weather, the florida weather in august starts to kick in and be a problem. too soon to say whats going to happen here but the folks that ive talked to say its not looking good, brianna. >> we all want this to happen and happen soon, but the important thing is to get it right, which is what this whole mission is about. its to use this equipment for the firs...

There have been a few storms. it looks like they are weakening. things are going into play. we will start to see temperatures pretty much in the upper 70s. in about a 20% chance of an isolated shower. beyond the first hour, it looks like a 60% chance of potential for the second hour. >> that is very exciting stuff. >> as we just heard, we are just hours from the scheduled launch window for the artemis 1 rocket. you are looking at live pictures of the launchpad at kennedy space center. this unman...

Engineers are troubleshooting right now is theyve seen a line of frost in whats called the inter tank. there is not an inter tank on this exact model but it would be found right about here in the middle section of the core stage of the rocket. it is where the super cold liquid propellant is separated between the liquid hydrogen and the liquid oxygen. they dont know if its a crack, all they can see is a line of frost. that is why we are kind of in a hold right now and we dont know if this launch ...