for the second time in a week, nasa has called off its attempt to launch a powerful rocket part of a mission aimed at eventually putting humans back on the moon. the artemis rocket was due to blast off in the past hour but technical problems forced the team to call for another postponement. here s nasa s administrator bill neilson. the mission management team is meeting this afternoon. they re going to look at it. they re going to see is there still a possibility now or are they going to have to roll back into the vehicle assembly building? if they decide that s the case, then it ll be an october launch. and october, i would say, although the window opens in early, i suspect it ll be more like the middle, because remember the first week of october, we ve got another crew. it s an international crew, two international participants on the crew of four that are going to the international space station. our science correspondentjonathan amos is at the kennedy space center. we
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. nasa tried and failed again on saturday to get its space launch system vehicle to lift off from florida s kennedy space center. the countdown had to be halted because of a fuel leak the second postponement in a week. the artemis programme aims to return humans to the moon in 2025, but the nasa team have suggested that there may now be a significant delay to the project. our science editor, rebecca morelle, gave us the latest from kennedy space center, in florida. there is a real sense of disappointment here but the problems started early on, and when the rocket was being fuelled, a large hydrogen leak was spotted, and this is not a good thing. the team tried to fix it three times but their troubleshooting did not work and the loach was stopped. over the last few hours, they have been poring over the data to find out what went wrong and they have announced the rocket will need significant repair work. this m
to medics for treatment. our middle east correspondent, yolande knell has more on saturday s strikes. there have been more deadly strikes on different neighbourhoods of gaza city. in al shati camp, large strikes there. you can see these dark plumes of smoke in social media videos, several homes flattened, shocked people rushing to help the casualties who are at the scene. and there has been speculation in isreali media that a senior hamas commander was being targeted, but the official israeli military statement only talks about hamas structures being targeted. the israeli military has also put out a statement saying that there was not a direct attack on an international committee of the red cross facility in rafah, a day ago. that is where at least 23 people were killed according to the red cross, when there was shelling on a tent camp for displaced people, and the red cross office nearby was also damaged. israel s army carried out a drone attack on a moving vehicle in lebano
you can see these dark plumes of smoke in social media videos. several homes flattened, shocked people rushing to help the casualties who are at the scene. there has been speculation in israeli media that a senior hamas commander was being targeted, but the official israeli military statement talks only about hamas infrastructure being targeted. the israeli military has also put out a statement saying that there was not a direct attack on an international committee of the red cross facility, in al mawasi, in rafah a day ago. that was where at least 22 people were killed, according to the red cross, when there was shelling on a tent camp for displaced people, and the red cross office nearby was also damaged. to the north of here, on the israel lebanon border, tensions remain extremely high. there s been an intensification in cross border violence with israeli forces and the lebanese armed group hezbollah. but the israeli military says today it killed a man there who was an ope
correspondent, yolande knell. there have been more deadly israeli strikes on different neighbourhoods of gaza city. in beach camp, or al shati camp, large strikes there. you can see these dark plumes of smoke in social media videos. several homes flattened, shocked people rushing to help the casualties who are at the scene. there has been speculation in israeli media that a senior hamas commander was being targeted, but the official israeli military statement talks only about hamas infrastructure being targeted. the israeli military has also put out a statement saying that there was not a direct attack on an international committee of the red cross facility, in al mawasi, in rafah a day ago. that was where at least 22 people were killed, according to the red cross, when there was shelling on a tent camp for displaced people, and the red cross office nearby was also damaged. to the north of here, on the israel lebanon border, tensions remain extremely high. there s been an int