After the second attempt to launch the giant Moon rocket carrying Orion spacecraft for the Artemis I mission failed, NASA mission managers decided they will forego additional launch attempts in early September.
The 322-foot-tall stack, consisting of the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft, was re-scheduled to launch from Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 2:17 p.m. ET on Saturday.
The launch attempt failed when engineers could not overcome a hydrogen leak in a quick disconnect, an interface between the liquid hydrogen fuel feed line and the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket.
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