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Russia's launch of a heavy-lift rocket from the Vostochny spaceport was canceled two minutes before it was planned to occur due to a failure of the pressurization system.
National space agency Roscosmos said another launch attempt will be postponed for at least one day.
Russia has failed for a second straight day to test-launch a new heavy-lift rocket from its Far Eastern space complex.
It looks like Vladimir Putin's plans to put a nuclear power plant on the moon have been dealt a humiliating blow.
Russian space officials on Tuesday aborted the test launch of a new heavy-lift rocket from its far-eastern launch pad. The Angara-A5 rocket was scheduled to lift off from the Vostochny space launch facility at 0900 GMT Tuesday, but the launch was aborted two minutes before. Yuri Borisov, head of Roscosmos state space corporation, said the automatic safety system canceled the launch after registering a flaw in the oxidizer tank pressurization system.