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NASA has decided to call off the second launch attempt for the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket that was scheduled to launch on Saturday.

Any good news to update us with? >> reporter: hey, guys. good morning. i wish i had some better news for you, but its not over yet. let me walk you through the problem of what weve been watching over the last hour. since i last spoke to you, nasa engineers have been troubleshooting this hydrogen leak. and here is where it is. this is the sls rocket. this is the main core stage. right now they are trying to fill this core stage with super cooled propellant, liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen. in o...

The launch pad just yet like the artemis rocket. but same day that is certainly a way you could bring down costs. whereas the sls rocket, nasa officials say someday theyll be able to bring down those costs but right now its approximately $4.1 billion per flight, sara. >> if they end up doing that in the future, it is one step closer to going to mars, which is pretty cool. kristin fisher, thanks so much for joining us. lets bring in meteorologist britley ritz in the cnn weather center. a launch w...

Agreed with that recommendation. shes reviewing some options right now. but it certainly does not look good. let me break down the problem for you, sara. so this is our model of the sls rocket. you have the orion capsule on top which will some day carry astronauts to the moon, hopefully, if this thing ever gets off the launch pad. this is the sls rocket. the problem is happening right here, where the orange meets the white on the core stage of the rocket. theyre trying to fuel it with this super...

Launch opportunity on friday is still in play. >> there is a non-zero chance we will have a non-of launch opportunity on friday. >> the artemis rocker sls has largely been carpal together using leftover parts from the shuttle program. before our as 25 inches on artemis 1, combined, flew more than 20 shuttle missions. i said hope that by recycling these old parts. theyd be able to build this new rocket faster and more affordably. instead, the sls rocket is six years behind schedule and billions o...

The Artemis 1 rocket launch countdown continues as crews show a 70% chance of favorable weather for Monday morning's launch window.

Here we are looking at live images from kennedy space center where the planned launch of the artemis i mission originally scheduled to lift off between 8:33 a.m. and 10:33 a.m. is hitting some snags. lets go to cnns kristin fisher for the very latest on this. all right. what are the issues that may be jeopardizing this launch today? >> reporter: yeah, brianna, its not over yet but its not looking good. im going to walk you through some of the issues that nasa is encountering right now and i will...

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...

Had this massive great big cloud moving from the left ear and that cloud would have been a no—go constraint as well, so all round big frustration, but we are hoping then that we will be back on friday, that we will have another go, so keep your fingers crossed. fik we will have another go, so keep your fingers crossed.— your fingers crossed. 0k and jonathan. — your fingers crossed. 0k and jonathan, just _ your fingers crossed. 0k and jonathan, just explain - your fingers crossed. 0k and j...

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 ...