Europe 1 with AFP 5:16 p.m., September 24, 2022
Again, the mega-rocket remains on the ground.
The takeoff of the NASA rocket, scheduled for Tuesday, is once again canceled.
In question this time, the formation of a storm.
The long-awaited Artemis 1 mission, heading for the Moon, will have to wait a while before officially launching.
When it doesn't want, it doesn't want.
Launch of NASA's new mega-rocket to the Moon for the long-awaited Artemis 1 test mission will not be able to take place on Tuesday as announced, due to the formation of a storm, the space agency announced on Saturday .
Under the threat of tropical storm Ian, currently south of Jamaica, NASA must prepare the rocket to return to its assembly building.
The storm is expected to strengthen into a hurricane in the coming days and rise via the Gulf of Mexico towards Florida, where the Kennedy Space Center is located from where the rocket is to take off.
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