In new setback, Hurricane Ian forces Moon rocket into storage

 

 

WASHINGTON — Nasa’s Artemis 1 rocket — waiting to blast off on a delayed mission to the Moon — will be rolled back into its storage hangar Monday night, the space agency said, as Florida braces for Hurricane Ian.

The move, to protect the rocket from strong winds and heavy rain forecast for the Kennedy Space Center, will cause further setbacks for the uncrewed Moon mission, which was scheduled to launch last month and has already been pushed back three times.

“After reviewing the forecast for Ian, we will roll our Artemis I vehicle back to the Vehicle Assembly Building tonight,” Nasa official Jim Free tweeted. “It was the right and necessary decision to ke…

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