The launch of the American space agency NASA's mission to the moon, Artemis 1, has been canceled. The mission was supposed to take off at 5:30 pm Pakistan time

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but due to a fuel leak from one of the engines, the launch was canceled for a few days. The new launch date has not been announced yet, but it is not possible before September 2. The Space Launch System (SLS) Mega rocket is being used for this mission, which is NASA's most powerful rocket to date alongside the Orion spacecraft.

This is the first mission of NASA's Artemis program to return to the Moon in 5 decades, which will take off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This mission is unmanned and is primarily a test flight for future missions. There is no human in this flight, but a human-sized dummy will be seated in the commander's seat wearing an orange flight suit with various sensors installed. The 'commander' is named Moonikin Campos, while two other subs are also part of the mission, which are made from material made from human tissue to analyze the effects of space radiation.

A week after launch, the mission will enter lunar orbit, where it will stay for a month and then return to Earth on October 10. After Artemis 1, the Artemis 2 mission will send humans into space and is expected in 2024, although this mission will not land on the Moon. Artemis 3 will be the mission that will send astronauts to the Moon in 2025 and will land on the South Pole there. SpaceX's Starship Lander will be used for this mission, but future missions will depend on the results of Artemis 1. The Artemis 1 mission was proposed in 2012 and was originally scheduled to launch in 2017, but has been delayed.