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NASA postpones 2nd attempt at moon rocket launch citing another fuel leak

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NASA‘s new moon rocket sprang another dangerous fuel leak Saturday, forcing launch controllers to call off their second attempt to send a crew capsule into lunar orbit with test dummies.

The first attempt earlier in the week was also marred by escaping hydrogen, but those leaks were elsewhere on the 98-meter rocket, the most powerful ever built by NASA.

The <a href=«https://twitter.com/hashtag/Artemis?src=hash&ref_src=» https:>#Artemis I mission to the Moon has been postponed.

Teams attempted to fix an issue related to a leak in the hardware transferring fuel into the rocket, but were unsuccessful. Join NASA leaders later today for a news conference.

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