NASA has delayed its Artemis 2 moon launch until March at the earliest, after encountering some issues during a key prelaunch exercise known as a wet dress rehearsal.

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NASA early Tuesday announced it was pushing the launch date of its Artemis II mission to March, after engineers encountered a leak during a critical test.

NASA said Tuesday it was delaying its mission to send four astronauts on a journey around the moon, after issues arose during a critical test of its enormous rocket

NASA said on Tuesday it was targeting a March window to launch its Artemis 2 mission to send four astronauts around the moon after a delay in this week's departure, caused by a leak of liquid hydrogen during a key "wet dress rehearsal".

A hydrogen leak at the base of NASA's Artemis II moon rocket threw a wrench into a carefully planned countdown "wet dress" rehearsal, interrupting a test intended to help clear the way toward a possible weekend launch for four astronauts on a flight around the moon.

NASA ran into a leak while fuelling its new moon rocket Monday in one final make-or-break test that will determine when astronauts can launch on a lunar fly-around.

US space agency NASA is delaying its launch of the Artemis mission to the Moon until February after reporting issues during a test, administrator Jared Isaacman said on Tuesday. "With the conclusion of the wet dress rehearsal today,