NASA launch of moon rocket Artemis I delayed again by tropical weather

UP-TO-DATE FLIGHT OPERATION. STEWART: OUR SPACECOAST IS ALSO KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON NICOLE AS IT DRAWS CLOSER. AND FOR NOW, THE MASSIVE SLS ROCKET STACK FOR THE ARTEMIS ONE MISSION WILL REMAIN ON THE LAUNCHPAD AHEAD OF NEXT WEEK바카라 게임 웹사이트�S HISTORIC LAUNCH. FIRST WARNING METEOROLGIST ERIC BURRIS EXPLAINS WHY FROM CHOPPER 2. TONY: 700 FEET OVER THE SHUTTLE LANDING FACILITY AT THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER WERE OBVIOUSLY ALL EYES CONTINUED TO BE ON NICOLE AND THE TROPICS. AT THIS POINT, THE NEAR EAST 6 MILLION POUND ARTEMIS SLS ROCKET IS ON THE LAUNCH COMPLEX 39 B. THEY WROTE IT OUT -- ROLLED IT OUT FOR THE LAUNCH COMING UP EARLY MONDAY. THERE HAS BEEN CONCERNED WHETHER OR NOT THE ROCKET NEEDS TO GET MOVED BACK TO THE ASSEMBLY BUILDING AS NICOLE MOVES ACROSS ORDER, -- ACROSS FLORIDA, BUT WHAT WE HAVE HEARD THE ROCKET CAN WITHSTAND WIND OVER 80 MILES PER HOUR GUSTING AND A FIVE SUSTAINED. WITH HURRICANE IAN THEY HAD TO BRING IT IN. AND WITH THE COLD WINDS ARE NOT SUSTAINED. SO WHAT WE HEAR, THERE IS NO ROLLBACK SCHEDULED. IF THAT IS THE CASE WE WILL BE ABLE TO KEEP THE MONDAY MORNING LIFT OFF ON TIME.

NASA is again postponing the launch of its new moon rocket Artemis I because of a storm threatening the Florida coast.Fuel leaks have kept the rocket grounded since August. Then Hurricane Ian forced the rocket back to the hangar at Kennedy Space Center at the end of September.The rocket was moved back to the launch pad last week, and NASA was aiming for a launch attempt early Monday.But on Tuesday, the space agency said it was delaying the launch until at least next Wednesday because of Tropical Storm Nicole, which is expected to hit Florida's Atlantic coastline as a Category 1 hurricane over the next few days. The space center is under a hurricane warning but NASA is keeping the rocket at the launch pad. NASA said the rocket is designed to withstand heavy rains and high wind.The $4.1 billion mission will send an empty crew capsule around the moon and back in a flight test before astronauts climb aboard in a couple years. It is NASA바카라 게임 웹사이트�s biggest step yet to get astronauts back on the moon by 2025. The space agency is nearing the 50th anniversary of its last human moon landing: Apollo 17 in December 1972.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. —

NASA is again postponing the launch of its new moon rocket Artemis I because of a storm threatening the Florida coast.

Fuel leaks have kept the rocket grounded since August. Then Hurricane Ian forced the rocket back to the hangar at Kennedy Space Center at the end of September.

The rocket was moved back to the launch pad last week, and NASA was aiming for a launch attempt early Monday.

But on Tuesday, the space agency said it was delaying the launch until at least next Wednesday because of Tropical Storm Nicole, which is expected to hit Florida's Atlantic coastline as a Category 1 hurricane over the next few days. The space center is under a hurricane warning but NASA is keeping the rocket at the launch pad. NASA said the rocket is designed to withstand heavy rains and high wind.

The $4.1 billion mission will send an empty crew capsule around the moon and back in a flight test before astronauts climb aboard in a couple years. It is NASA바카라 게임 웹사이트�s biggest step yet to get astronauts back on the moon by 2025. The space agency is nearing the 50th anniversary of its last human moon landing: Apollo 17 in December 1972.

NASA launch of moon rocket Artemis I delayed again by tropical weather

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