Countdown on hold for planned pause as final checks carried outpublished at 23:18 BST23:18 BST

Leyla KhodabakhshiReporting from the Kennedy Space Center The countdown for the Artemis launch is now on hold at T-10 minutes. In spaceflight terms, “T” refers to the moment of launch, so this means there are 10 minutes to go before liftoff. This is a planned pause, giving engineers and mission control time to carry out final checks on the rocket, spacecraft and weather conditions. If everything is confirmed as “go”, the countdown will resume when the director says for the final minutes before l