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Artemis 1: NASA aims for second try at Moon rocket launch on Saturday

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A fuel leak and engine problem scuppered Monday's planned launch but engineers are hoping to get the issue fixed in time for a second try on Saturday afternoon.

Added on the 31/08/2022 06:10:03 - Copyright : Euronews EN

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