NASA delays Artemis moon mission to March

NASA has pushed its Artemis ll mission to March after wrapping up a launch rehearsal that uncovered issues with the massive Space Launch System rocket's fuelling process.

This is the latest delay for the mission to fly four astronauts around the moon and back.

John Honeycutt, chair of the Artemis ll mission team, said: "We try to test like we fly, but this interface is a very complex interface. And when you're dealing with hydrogen, it's a small molecule. It's highly energetic. And we like it for that reason, and we do the best we can. And actually this one caught us off guard. And the initial things that we were seeing and the technical team, felt like we either had, some sort of misalignment or some sort of deformation or debris on the seal."