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Engineers under pressure to find fix after fuel leak delays mega-rocket moon mission
Houston has a problem.
Once again, NASA's new mega-rocket has suffered a significant leak of explosive hydrogen propellant during a countdown rehearsal. It means plans to launch four astronauts on a mission around the moon have been delayed until March.
Lift-off had been scheduled for as soon as Sunday. But the space agency says the delay will give engineers extra time to resolve the issue.
Everything you need to know about Artemis II The so-called "wet" dress rehearsal at Kennedy Space Centre in Florida was a critical pre-launch test of the rocket, which has only flown once before. It's a run-through of all the events running up to launch, including fuelling the rocket.
But the countdown was paused twice because hydrogen was found to be leaking from the seal between the fuelling hose and the rocket. Engineers thought they had resolved the issue and finished filling up the two-million-litre hydrogen tank.
But after entering the "replenish phase.
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