NASA scrubs moon rocket launch after engine issue

NASA called off the launch of its mighty new moon rocket on its debut flight with three test dummies aboard Monday after encountering a last-minute cascade of problems culminating in unexplained trouble involving an engine. The next launch attempt will not take place until Friday at the earliest and could be delayed until mid-September or later.

Bill Nelson, NASA Administrator said  "This is a brand new rocket. It's not going to fly until it's ready. There are millions of components of this rocket and its systems. And needless to say, the complexity is daunting when you bring it all into the focus of a countdown"

The mission will be the first flight in NASA's Artemis project, a quest to put astronauts back on the moon for the first time since the Apollo program ended 50 years ago.