NASA aborts historic return to Moon launch as last-minute snag thwarts blast-off

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NASA has been forced to abort a mission to the Moon due to last minute technical problems.The Artemis I mission should have seen NASA's new £41.35billion mega-rocket take off from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida this morning (August 29).

However, there were issues during the fuelling stage. NASA described the problem as an "engine leak" although US Astronaut Stan Love told journalists that NASA didn't quite know what the issue was. READ MORE: Weirdest things onboard NASA's latest Moon mission – from Lego to Shaun the SheepLove added: "It looks like it's going to be a few more days.

We don't know exactly."We're going to have to take a death breath and wait for another opportunity."NASA boss Bill Nelson was forced to brief US Vice President Kamala Harris about the decision to cancel the launch after she was invited to Florida to watch it."We don't launch until it's right," he said.

The Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the Orion spaceship were due to launch at 8.33am (local time). A new launch date has not been set, although the next available day is September 2.Problems with today's launch arose overnight when NASA engineers noticed a possible crack on one of the SLS' core-stage engines.