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Into the Void / First US spacewalk from Ed White in 1965 [Image Credit: NASA, Gemini Project, James McDivitt]

Cosmic Seahorse

#Artemis Update: The team continues to troubleshoot, and plans to return with a variety of options early next week. We are standing down on any launch attempts through the current launch period, which ends Tuesday. See https://t.co/dMVnvEQcfC for more information. https://t.co/cCefwG9FO0

NGC 7331

Cosmic Seahorse

Following today's #Artemis I launch scrub, the agency will hold a media briefing no earlier than 4 p.m. EDT on Saturday, Sept. 3, to discuss mission status. The briefing will livestream at: https://t.co/6YsZNEk4Tb More here: https://t.co/pHnCrNk5l0 https://t.co/NVVnU1bCF1

Scrubbed the launch today which is much better than launching with a hydrogen leak. NASA will go when ready and not a minute sooner. All is good! https://t.co/8isLLJxnke

The Andromeda Galaxy - Photographed from a Bortle-2 desert

Today in 1976, the Viking 2 lander touched down on the surface of Mars. A Viking lander test article is in our collection: https://t.co/rZtHl77b0f #AirSpacePhoto https://t.co/eNHWgVgTt1

NASA scrubbed Saturday's moon launch due to a hydrogen leak

Assuming NASA needs to return the Artemis 1 moon rocket to the Vehicle Assembly Building, the launch will likely be delayed to the following series of launch dates -- Launch Period 27 -- starting Oct. 17. Here are the dates & times for Launch Period 27. https://t.co/J3lGTTJQF3 https://t.co/AVWttZ49Ij

"We'll go when it's ready." NASA Administrator @SenBillNelson remarks on the Sept. 3 launch attempt of the #Artemis I flight test to the Moon. Updates are expected from the team as early as 4pm ET (20:00 UTC). https://t.co/dMVnvEQcfC https://t.co/ClBhVRexLs

Camping in the mountains of Utah

Jupiter with Ganymede and Europa

The Artemis 1 launch team has entered into a 48-hour countdown recycle to preserve the chance to try another launch attempt as soon as Monday. But managers are meeting now to decide whether to try next week or roll back to the Vehicle Assembly Building. https://t.co/J3lGTTJQF3