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Daily Mirror
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Joey Roulette & David Clark

NASA's historic launch of its Artemis-1 moon rocket could be delayed even further

NASA will make a second attempt to launch its giant moon rocket Artemis-1 on Saturday after Monday's take-off had to be cancelled.

The Artemis programme aims to put humans back on the moon by 2025 but got off to an inauspicious start when engineers detected a hydrogen leak in the rocket earlier this week.

The first flight in the agency’s programme is an un-crewed ship that was supposed to set off on a 42-day trip with Shaun the Sheep on board.

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