when you start counting pennies on your bank account or in your pocket. we do the same and count our casualties. mourners have paid their respects to the last soviet leader, mikhail gorbachev, who was buried in moscow, this afternoon. nasa s second attempt to launch the artemis moon rocket has failed. launch control announced a second scrub on the mission after a liquid hydrogen leak which has started during the fuelling process couldn t be stopped. a brief hydrogen leak was spotted on the original launch date last monday but it was thought the sensors may have been wrong. that first launch attempt was halted after problems with pressure levels in one of the rockets four engines. our science correspondent, jonathan amos is there. thank you. a disappointing day to day. the second postponement in a number of days. this time for a slightly different reason. we had a hydrogen leak on this vehicle, there is huge rocket that you see behind me here. they have to fill it with 2.7 mil
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This is bbc news. the headlines at 5:00pm. nasa calls off their second attempt to launch its most powerful rocket, artemis 1 to the moon, five days after technical problems scuppered the first. these are live pictures from cape canaveral. moscow blames maintenance problems forfailing to resume the main pipeline that transports gas from russia to europe after a three day closure. it s going to be harder to fill up. gas storage is going to raise the risks of energy shortages this winter. and it really sharpens dilemma for european politicians as they plan for what could be a very difficult situation over the next few months. ukraine s first lady olena zelenska highlights the importance of the human cost of war in an interview with the bbc.
We right now have another attempt on the schedule for monday, but we ll just see what happens when they analyze the data. one of the constraints as the flight determination system. where this rocket to veer off course during the launch they would destroy it. that has an independent battery system thatis has an independent battery system that is only good to the middle of this coming week. unless they get off on monday or tuesday, then they will have to bring it back to the assembly building here i will have to check that battery system i make it good for another launch attempt in a few weeks time. i am joined by libbyjackson. she directs in a few weeks time. i am joined by libby jackson. she directs the agency does make human space flight. another disappointment. another disappointment. indeed. as ou said, another disappointment. indeed. as you said. this another disappointment. indeed. as you said. this is another disappointment. indeed. as you said, this is a another disappoi