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Artemis one a liquid hydrogen leak is to blame. christian fisher has the latest. >> reporter: hey, jessica. the problem is that nasa needs to fix this hydrogen leak and it was a big one today, much bigger than the one they encountered on monday during the first launch attempt. so to fix it, they have two options. they can try to fix it on the launch pad or they can roll the entire rocket back to the vehicle assembly building, which is essentially the garage. but to do that, it takes up to three and a half days to do it, a very long period of time. you have to move this rocket very slowly. so e...

Violation with the range. the range is run by the u.s. space force and nasa says they're going to try to ask for an extension or a waiver to the safety violation. what this means in terms of timing is that there is no way that nasa is going to be able to launch by the end of this launch window, which ends on tuesday. so that means the next launch attempt of the artemis rocket likely will not be until the end of september at the earliest, more likely mid to late october, if not later. here is nasa's associate administrator jim free speaking at a press conference just moments after that second s...

To do that at the pad in the time they had available with this window. when�*s their next launch window then? well, this current window ends on tuesday, 6 september, the next time that they can try to launch is in a couple of weeks, 16 september to 4 october. the challenge there is if they think they have to move the rocket back into its giant hanger, the vehicle assembly building, that will take a long time, takes a long time to do it, and then they have to do the repairs and some other checkouts they have to do for safety reasons. then they have to go back again. so they're looking at eith...

Was on monday. these are i was on monday. these are incredibly collocated machines. this is rocket science. are you surprised they tried so soon with this second launch attempt?— with this second launch attempt? with this second launch attemt? ~ �* ., ~ , with this second launch attemt? �* ., ~ , attempt? well, i'm not. why was here for that _ attempt? well, i'm not. why was here for that first _ attempt? well, i'm not. why was here for that first attempt - attempt? well, i'm not. why was here for that first attempt and . here for that first attempt and they had an engine cooling issue t...

Roll the rocket back to the vab regardless because of a safety violation with the range. the range is run by the u.s. space force, and nasa says they're going to try to ask for an extension or a waiver to that safety violation. but as of now they just don't know if they'll get it. so what this means in terms of timing is that there is no way that nasa is going to be able to launch by the end of this launch window, which ends on tuesday. so that means the next launch attempt of the artemis rocket likely will not be until the end of september at the earliest. more likely mid to late october, if ...