The mission will be set off within a 2-hour window starting at 2:17pm EDT (11:47pm IST), the US space agency announced.

The US space agency claims Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) to be the world’s first planetary defence test against ever possible asteroid collision with Earth.

Leakage was found at the quick disconnect on the 8-inch line utilised to supply and drain core stage liquid hydrogen.

The countdown of the Artemis 1 mission launch was stopped at T-40 mins after the crew found a technical flaw in one of its engines.

NASA Artemis 1 mission teams also are assessing what appears to be a crack in the thermal protection system material on one of the flanges on the core stage. The flanges are connection joints that function like a seam on a shirt, are affixed at the top and bottom of the intertank so the two tanks can be attached to it.

Between 100,000 and 200,000 visitors are expected to attend the launch of the mission, called Artemis 1, which will propel an empty capsule to the Moon as part of a test for future crewed flights.

Here we have presented a ten-point summary of the Artemis 1 mission to give a clear and concise overview of the mission, its significance and future scope.

The newly-discovered genus has been named Johanseniella while the species has been named Tripurensis as it was discovered in Tripura

The findings which were published in four recent papers in the journal Science and Science Advances, could offer a good chance for scientists to understand about the geological and water history of Mars.