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Artemis 1, NASA's first mission to the Moon since Apollo, delayed for second time

NASA's long-awaited return to the Moon with the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built has suffered another setback.

The rocket was due to make a second attempt to blast off on Sunday morning (AEST) but was called off due to a last-minute fuel leak.

The fuel leak was much larger than one  initially detected following the rocket's first  attempt from the Kennedy Space Center last Monday, which was aborted due to a problem with a sensor in the engine cooling system.

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