NASA Regroups After Hydrogen Leak Derails Second SLS Launch Try

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A second SLS launch try on Sept. 3 was scrubbed.
Credit: Kim Shiflett/NASA
The first launch of any new rocket is nerve-wracking, as SpaceX, Rocket Lab, Virgin Orbit, Blue Origin and Firefly can attest to. But none more so than the Space Launch System (SLS), a NASA-owned and operated, human-rated, superheavy-lift launcher with an initial capability to put more than 26 tons...

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