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NASA Postpones Moon Rocket Launch For A Second Time Due To Fuel Leak

The space agency offered no information on the likelihood of a new delay.NASA on Saturday scrapped a second attempt to get its new 30-story rocket off the ground and send its uncrewed test capsule toward the Moon after engineers detected a fuel leak.With millions around the globe and hundreds of thousands on nearby beaches waiting for the historic launch of the massive Space Launch System (SLS), a leak near the base of the rocket was found as ultra-cold liquid hydrogen was being pumped in."The launch director waived off today's Artemis I launch," NASA said in a statement. "Multiple troubleshooting efforts to address the area of the leak... did not fix the issue."Though the area around the launch site was closed to the public, an estimated 400,000 people had gathered nearby to see -- and...