The Universe Versus the Moon Landing - NASA Postpones SLS Launch Again Due to Storm

Another attempt by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to launch a Space Launch System (SLS) lunar rocket failed.

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NASA sent a rocket to the Kennedy Space Center launch pad for the fourth time on Nov. 4. The launch was scheduled for Nov. 14, but had to be postponed due to adverse weather conditions.

At the end of September, NASA had to take the SLS into a hangar because of a hurricane. The new reason for postponing the launch date of the rocket became a tropical storm "Nicole" (Nicole), which struck Florida. The agency said that the extra few days will allow it to prepare the equipment for the start of the mission Artemis 1.

So far, the agency does not plan to take away the rocket in the hangar, because it believes that the wind speed will not reach critical values (more than 136 kilometers per hour at an altitude of 20 meters). In this regard, the hope remains that the SLS launch will take place on November 16 in a two-hour window starting at 02:04 (EDT) or 23:04 (PDT). If all goes well, the spacecraft will return to Earth on December 11, 2022 and land in the Pacific. Another backup launch date for the Artemis 1 lunar mission is November 19.

Source: space