ORLANDO, Fla. — With the approaching threat of what is forecast to be Hurricane Ian, NASA finally threw in the towel for a launch attempt Tuesday of its Artemis I mission to the moon from Kennedy Space Center.
But it held off a decision to roll the massive 5.75-million-pound, 322-foot-tall combination of Space Launch System rocket, mobile launcher and Orion spacecraft to the safety of the Vehicle Assembly Building.
In an update posted to NASA’s website, the decision on whether or not to stay on the pad during the impending storm won’t be made until Sunday.
