CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Hurricane Ian forced NASA’s moon rocket to retreat for now, but the business of launching rockets and humans to space is back to full speed this week.
United Launch Alliance is moving forward with a planned Tuesday evening liftoff from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station while NASA and SpaceX are looking to noon Wednesday to send the next four crew to the International Space Station from Kennedy Space Center.
A ULA Atlas V is targeting a 5:36 p.m. liftoff Tuesday from Space Launch Complex 41 with Space Launch Delta 45′s weather squadron giving a 70% chance for good weather, and 90% chance in the event of a 24-hour delay. Its payloads are the SES-20 and SES-21 telecommunications satellites for Luxembourg company SES that will be used to provide television services to the U.S.
