NASA will roll its Artemis I rocket back to the spacecraft's hangar at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, after delaying the launch over Hurricane Ian.
on Monday its decision to bring the Artemis I rocket and spacecraft back inside its hangar at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to protect it from the approaching Hurricane Ian.back to the Vehicle Assembly Building beginning Monday after data gathered overnight showed worsening weather conditions for the area around Cape Canaveral, Florida, the space agency said.
"The decision allows time for employees to address the needs of their families and protect the integrated rocket and spacecraft system," NASA said in a statement. NASA delayed the launch attempt of its new moon rocket on Saturday because Tropical Storm Ian was expected to become a major hurricane.The NASA moon rocket stands on Pad 39B before a launch attempt for the Artemis 1 mission to orbit the moon at the Kennedy Space Center, Friday, Sept. 2, 2022, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. On Saturday, NASA delayed the launch because of a powerful storm foearly Monday as it barreled toward Florida, where it was expected to hit its Gulf Coast on Thursday.
It’s the third delay in the past month for the lunar-orbiting test flight featuring mannequins but no astronauts, a follow-up to NASA's Apollo moon-landing program of a half-century ago. Hydrogen fuel leaks and other technical issues caused the previous scrubs.
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