NASA’s Artemis I launch was scheduled to take place around 8:33 a.m. Eastern time on Monday, but a hydrogen fuel leak and other problems delayed the launch to a later date.
The leak has caused the highly anticipated launch in the Cape Canaveral, Florida, area to be pushed to a different day.
The launch is part of the U.S. mission to return to the moon for the first time in nearly five decades, with Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff in attendance for the scheduled launch. It is unknown whether the vice president will attend the delayed launch.
The unmanned launch is scheduled to be the first test run of systems for the space agency’s return to the moon. If all goes well with the Artemis I mission, the hope is a flight with astronauts going around the moon will take place as soon as 2024, with a lunar landing with astronauts taking place in 2025.
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NASA’s last manned mission to the moon was Apollo 17 in December 1972. Delays have plagued the space agency’s return to the moon, with Monday’s canceled launch the latest in that series.
