The launch of the world’s most powerful rocket on its test flight to the moon’s orbit has been postponed, after scientists discovered a hydrogen leak on board.

The Artemis 1 could now lift off from Cape Canaveral on Friday, after missing its launch window today.

The launch had been delayed by organisers during the fuelling process, just 40 minutes before the scheduled take-off, after a liquid hydrogen leak was discovered.

NASA said earlier: “Teams continue to troubleshoot a liquid hydrogen leak at the mating interface with the core stage.

“After manually chilling down the liquid hydrogen as part of troubleshooting efforts, they are in fast fill operations.”

The Artemis project is aiming to put people on the moon once more, as a stepping stone to missions to Mars.

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