ORLANDO, Fla. — NASA officials on Friday inspected the Artemis I rocket and spacecraft at Kennedy Space Center after Hurricane Nicole and are OK to go for Wednesday’s early-morning launch attempt.
The Space Launch System rocket and Orion capsule remained at Launch Pad 39-B during the storm with officials opting to rely on the craft’s capacity to endure sustained winds of 85 mph at 60 feet.
While the launch pad did see at least one 100 mph gust at the pad near the top of the 321-foot-tall rocket, sustained winds remained under the thresholds, said NASA’s associate administrator for Exploration Systems Development during a news conference Friday.
