NASA's latest rocket launch was called off after a fuel leak occurred during the launch countdown.
The endgame is to build and send up a space station near the moon, where astronauts can live and regularly visit the satellite planet. Eventually, the space station will be a stopping off point for missions to Mars.
The first set of astronauts to visit space will include the first woman ever to step foot on the moon. Monday's mission had 2 mannequins in the Orion capsule -- Helga and Zohar -- which contained fake female organs ... designed to test the effects of space radiation on women.The next attempt to launch the rocket could be Friday.
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