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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 it's not over yet. let me walk you through the problem of what we've 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 one of the lines called the quick disconnect, it's a hydrogen line that goes right in about here, t...

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 they'll be able to bring down those costs but right now it's 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. let's bring in meteorologist britley ritz in the cnn weather center. a launch window possible monday, maybe tuesday. what kind of weather conditions are in store monday? >> abs...

Agreed with that recommendation. she's 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. they're trying to fuel it with this super cold liquid propel enter. liquid hydrogen is going through a line right here at negative 420 degr...

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. they'd be able to build this new rocket faster and more affordably. instead, the sls rocket is six years behind schedule and billions over budget. >> we know the shuttle parts for very finicky and expensive and so it shouldn't have be...