Tropical Storm Ian, currently located south of Jamaica, could strengthen into a hurricane in the coming days and move up towards Florida, where the launch pad is located.
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It’s still grated for this time. Liftoff of NASA’s new mega-rocket to the Moon for the long-awaited Artemis 1 test mission will not be able to take place on September 27 as planned due to the formation of a storm, the agency announced. American space saturday september 24th.
Under the threat of tropical storm Ian, which is currently south of Jamaica, NASA must prepare the rocket to return to shelter in its assembly building. Especially since the storm should strengthen into a hurricane in the coming days and go up towards Florida, where the Kennedy Space Center is located.
The orange and white rocket, 98 m high, can withstand wind gusts of up to 137 km/h on its launch pad. The final decision to return the rocket will be taken on Sunday, in order to have a more precise weather forecast, NASA said. If it is finally decided that the rocket can remain on its launch pad, NASA did not specify whether the fallback date previously announced, October 2, could still be considered for takeoff.