Because of a Hurricane that is threatening the Florida coast, NASA is once again delaying the launch of its new moon rocket.
The rocket has been sidelined since August due to fuel leakage. At the end of September, Hurricane Ian caused the rocket to return to the Kennedy Space Center‘s hangar.
After returning the rocket to the launch pad last week, NASA planned to attempt a launch early on Monday.
However, the space agency announced on Tuesday that it was postponing the launch until at least next Wednesday due to Tropical Storm Nicole, which is anticipated to make landfall as a Category 1 hurricane along Florida’s Atlantic coastline in the coming days.
Despite a hurricane warning for the space centre, NASA is keeping the rocket on the launch pad. According to NASA, the rocket is built to resist strong winds and rain.
Before astronauts board in a few years, the $4.1 billion mission will carry an empty crew capsule around the moon and back as a flight test. To put people back on the moon by 2025, NASA has taken its largest move to date.
The last time the space agency sent a person to the moon was with Apollo 17 in December 1972, which will soon be 50 years old.
