Moon mission launch put back by engine issue

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Disappointed Lockheed Martin employees leave the watch party after NASA scrubbed the Artemis 1 launch Source: Getty / Helen H. Richardson/MediaNews Gr/Denver Post via Getty Images

NASA has postponed the launch of its next-generation moon rocket in Cape Canaveral, Florida, due to an engine-cooling problem. The rocket was poised to launch its long-awaited debut test flight around the moon, which would have been the first lunar mission in 50 years, when a problem was detected in one of the main engines.

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Published 30 August 2022 2:08pm

By Rebecca Kazmierczak

Source: SBS News

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NASA has postponed the launch of its next-generation moon rocket in Cape Canaveral, Florida, due to an engine-cooling problem. The rocket was poised to launch its long-awaited debut test flight around the moon, which would have been the first lunar mission in 50 years, when a problem was detected in one of the main engines.

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