Nasa's rocket launch to the moon postponed
Artemis 1 had been due to blast off this afternoon, but experts discovered a fault
Nasa’s Artemis 1 Moon rocket launch has been postponed due to an issue with one of the engines.
The space agency said: “Launch director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson has called a scrub of the attempt of the launch of Artemis 1.
“The issue that came up was an engine bleed which couldn’t be remedied but the rocket is currently in a stable configuration.
“It was mostly tanked but not completely tanked.
“Engineers are now working on a plan to continue gathering data about this particular engine and the bleed that didn’t work out.”
They added that the first opportunity for the next launch attempt will be September 2 depending on how the engine bleed develops.
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