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Launch of Artemis 1 Scrubbed; Next Launch Attempt Friday, at the Earliest

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A fuel leak and then an engine problem prompted NASA to scrub the launch of its new moon rocket Monday morning.

Cape Canaveral, Florida - Monday August 29, 2022: A fuel leak and then an engine problem prompted NASA to scrub the launch of its new moon rocket Monday morning.

The next launch attempt will not take place until Friday, at the earliest.

The 322-foot Space Launch System rocket was set to lift off Monday morning with three test dummies aboard on its first flight, a mission to propel a capsule into orbit around the moon.

The shakedown flight, when it happens, will be a big step forward in America’s quest to put astronauts back on the moon for the first time since the end of the Apollo program 50 years ago.

NASA hopes to send four astronauts around the moon in 2024 and land humans there as early as 2025.