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NASA stopped short of completing a critical fuel test for its Artemis 2 SLS rocket because of hydrogen leaks that sound a lot like the problems they had during Artemis 1.

Artemis 2 is at the launch pad, but several big tests must be performed before it launches as soon as Feb. 6.

Howard Hu, who leads NASA's Orion lunar spacecraft programme, revealed that people will be living on the Moon's surface and carrying out science there "in this decade"

The uncrewed mission around the moon will pave the way for a crewed flight test and future human lunar exploration.

Today's cryogenic demonstration test was a success, despite constant wrangling with -- you guessed it -- hydrogen fuel leaks.

Fuel leak ruins NASA’s second bid at launching the SLS, delaying the debut of its Moon-to-Mars mission by weeks.

They attempted this twice, and also flushed helium through the line. But the leak persisted.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Florida: NASA on Saturday scrapped a second attempt to get its new 30-storey rocket off the ground and send its uncrewed test capsule toward the Moon after engineers detected a fuel leak.

The stars appear to be aligned for NASA's Moon rocket to finally blast off on Saturday, with weather forecasts favorable and technical issues that postponed the launch earlier this week resolved. A fuel leak during the final preparations has, however, slowed the process down.