With hurricane Ian having moved past Florida, NASA has confirmed that its SLS rocket was not damaged and has set a new date for the next launch attempt.
Hurricane Ian has battered the U.S. Atlantic coast this week, causing widespread destruction and killing at least 30 people. As Ian approached the Florida coast NASA made the decision to roll its Space Launch System rocket off the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and back inside its building. With the hurricane having moved past Florida, NASA has now confirmed that the rocket was not damaged and has set a new date for the next launch attempt.
The Space Launch System rocket, along with the Orion spacecraft, had been scheduled for a third attempt at a launch on Tuesday, September 27. The launch would be for the Artemis I mission, an uncrewed mission around the moon to test hardware and procedures ahead of a planned crewed mission to the moon. But as Ian approached over last weekend, NASA canceled the launch attempt and decided it was too risky to leave the rocket out on the launch pad.
In an update, NASA confirmed that the rocket was in good condition and had not suffered any damage. “There was no damage to Artemis flight hardware, and facilities are in good shape with only minor water intrusion identified in a few locations,” NASA wrote.
The next window for a possible launch attempt is between November 12 and November 27, with a specific date for the launch announced once the situation has been further assessed.
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