NASA's Artemis 1 mission tries to take off again

Published September 2, 2022 at 12:20 PM CDT

A full moon hangs over NASA's Artemis. (NASA)

NASA’s new mission that it hopes will lead humanity back to Mars will attempt to take off for the second time Saturday. Fuel tank concerns led to the original Monday launch being postponed.

WMFE’s Space Reporter Brendan Byrne is down at the launch site and joins Here & Now‘s Celeste Headlee for the latest.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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