NASA referred to as off its second try and launch its Artemis I moon rocket and house capsule on Saturday.
“The #Artemis I mission to the Moon has been postponed,” the house company stated on Twitter. “Groups tried to repair a problem associated to a leak within the {hardware} transferring gasoline into the rocket, however had been unsuccessful,” it stated.
The Artemis I mission is NASA’s first in a collection of missions to permit for human exploration of the moon and Mars. It includes the launch of the House Launch System rocket — probably the most highly effective rocket the house company has ever constructed — and the Orion house capsule.
NASA had spent almost every week troubleshooting glitches with the House Launch System that had been behind its preliminary scrubbed launch on Monday.
The Artemis I mission, which has no crew on board, is a part of NASA’s mission to return astronauts to the moon by 2025, to construct a extra everlasting presence, and to do it earlier than China.
