NASA was scheduled to launch Artemis I Monday morning, a mission that would send the ship on a journey around the moon.
However, as people gathered to watch the launch, it ended up getting delayed. CBS News' Peter King explained why the rocket's launch was scrubbed.
"Well, I think there's a lot of disappointment because we had many hundreds of thousands of people who crowded the causeways and beaches, hoping to see this giant moon rocket fly," King said. "But you know what, this is a test article, it is a test flight. And the objective is to fly safely."
King said one big showstopper was that engineers couldn't fill down one of the four main engines to get it ready for flight.
King said that the next step is for engineers to find out what exactly went wrong, and how to fix it before it can make its moon journey.
"If they could figure out a way to fix it on the launch pad, they could launch as soon as this coming Friday," he said. "If they have to roll back to Vehicle Assembly Building, it's likely to be a bit longer, probably sometime in October."
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