NASA is no longer planning a February launch of the Artemis 2 mission after encountering hydrogen leaks during a fueling test of the Space Launch System.

Feb 3 (Reuters) - NASA said on Tuesday it was targeting a March window to launch its Artemis 2 mission to send four astronauts around the moon after a delay in this week's departure, caused by a leak of liquid hydrogen during a key "wet dress rehearsal".

Humanity is on the cusp of going back to the future. Artemis II, a crewed Nasa mission intended to take astronauts around the Moon and which had been due to lift off after February 8, is a reboot of the legendary Apollo lunar programme of the 1960s and 1970s (Artemis is Apollo’s twin sister in Greek mythology).