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SpaceX launched Falcon 9 Starlink mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 4:32 a.m. ET Thurs., Jan. 26.

The kennedy space center, jonathan. thanks, luxmy, ithink the kennedy space center, jonathan. thanks, luxmy, i think we are facing disappointment today, they have had a leak on the rocket, a hydrogen leak, and i tried all sorts of fixes but it looks as though they cannot find a solution and the recommendation has gone to the launch director here at kennedys that should be a scrap for the day. she hasn't formally confirmed that, she wants a bit more time to think about it, obviously to talk to her experts, to talk to her team, but we are thinking that we will confirmation very shortly, and that...

In, they had a leak warning. they tried all sorts of solutions to close that leak off but it didn't work. eventually, the launch director had no choice but to call a postponement. we are all wondering now when we might be able to try this again. that is the opportunity to do it on monday or tuesday but not much more beyond that. one of the reasons for that is there are constraints on the rocket and one of them is the flight termination system. if this rocket lifts off and it's starts to veer off course, they will destroy it and that termination system is battery operated and that battery syste...

The timeline to launch. so the last director finally pulled the plug. they said we're going to have to scrub today. here's the problem. it does not appear that this leak is actually accessible from the pad. it may be inside the engine compartment itself. what does that mean? it means there's a very good chance we'll find out later this afternoon. there's a decent chance they're going to have to roll that entire rocket back to the massive building behind me. the vehicle assembly building. if that's the only way they can gain access to the lead. when might they consider launching? monday would b...

Police have not heard from this pilot. so we will keep a close eye on this. thank you both for joining us. to the other major story we're following this hour, the historic launch of the artemis i. you're looking at live pictures from the kennedy space center where the rocket is on the launch pad. rocket managers have been presented with a no-go recommendation. cnn's kristin fisher is live there. kristin, why the no-go recommendation? >> reporter: it's that pesky hydrogen leak, sara, that they've been dealing with all morning long. i just want to be really clear, no official scrub just yet. b...