The launch of NASA's giant Moon rocket - Space Launch System (SLS) - carrying Orion spacecraft for the Artemis I mission is running late because of stormy weather and troubleshooting to resolve an apparent hydrogen leak with one of the engines at the base of the rocket.
The 322-foot-tall stack, consisting of the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft, was scheduled to launch from Kennedy Space Center in Florida for its historic maiden flight at 8:33 a.m. Monday.
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