NASA’s moon rocket got back to the security of its shed Tuesday as Storm Ian moved toward Florida, making its send off now impossible before mid-November.
Rather than attempting to send it on its most memorable dry run, the send-off group moved the 322-foot (98-meter) rocket off the cushion at Kennedy Space Center. The four-mile (6.4-kilometer) trip is required throughout the evening.
NASA official Jim Free said it would be hard to update the rocket and return it once again to the pad for an October send-off endeavor. Placing in new batteries is especially difficult, Free noted, making it dicey whether a send off could be accomplished before the mid-to-late October send off period closes. The following fourteen-day window would open on Nov. 12.
The Space Send Off Framework rocket ought to have launched a month prior, but was deferred two times by fuel hole and motor issues.
Once in space, the team case on the rocket will go for the gold with three life-sized models, a vital dress rehearsal before space travelers move on board in 2024. The last time a case traveled to the moon was during NASA’s Apollo 17 lunar landing in 1972.
SpaceX’s next space traveler trip to the Global Space Station for NASA, in the interim, has been delayed by no less than one day by the storm. Takeoff is presently scheduled for next Tuesday.