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NASA postponed Artemis 1 Moon mission
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NASA postponed Artemis 1 Moon mission

During a long-awaited mission to send an unpiloted Orion crew capsule around the moon and back, NASA scrubbed its second attempt to launch Artemis 1 test flight. In anticipation of favorable weather, engineers began fueling the Space Launch System rocket at 6 a.m. Saturday, setting up a launch window of two hours at 2:17 p.m.  As a result of this decision, launch will now take place at 11:18 Eastern Daylight Time, about 25 minutes after the team recommended that the launch be postponed because of the weather forecast. Initially scheduled for Monday morning, the launch was scrubbed just as the launch window was about to open due to fueling problems. Artemis 1: Photo credit NASA To lift off the SLS rocket on behalf of NASA and its contractors. This will be the most power...