China News Service, August 29. According to the Associated Press report on the 28th, despite a series of lightning strikes before the test flight, NASA still plans to launch a lunar rocket on the 29th.
Data map: The "Space Launch System", a new generation of the United States' new-generation lunar rocket, erected at the Kennedy Space Center.
According to reports, the lightning protection device around the launch pad of the lunar rocket was struck by lightning five times during the thunderstorm on the 27th.
Weather experts predict an 80 percent chance of favorable weather for the rocket launch on the 29th, but weather conditions are expected to worsen during the two-hour launch window.
According to the Associated Press, the 98-meter-high "Space Launch System" is the most powerful rocket ever built by NASA.
Half a century after the Apollo program put 12 astronauts on the moon, it will send a capsule carrying three mannequins into lunar orbit.
In NASA's plan, the earliest launch date of the "Space Launch System" is 8:33 EST on August 29, and the other two alternate launch times are 12:48 on September 2 and 17:00 on September 5. 12 points.
If the six-week test flight goes well, astronauts could be back on the moon within a few years.
But NASA officials have also warned that the flight time could be shortened due to the higher risk.