ZD Net by Liam Tung 9/28/2022
NASA staff at Kennedy Space Center evacuate over a fire alarm shortly after removing its moon rocket from the launch pad.
NASA's test-run to put astronauts back on the moon will likely be delayed until November after its Artemis moon rocket was moved into storage to protect it from Hurricane Ian.
The US space agency has hauled its huge Space Launch System (SLS) off the launch pad and back into the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) maintenance facility in advance of Hurricane Ian's expected arrival in Florida on Wednesday.
NASA hoped to keep SLS on the launch pad to preserve the October 3 backup launch date after cancelling its September 27 date – its third attempt to launch SLS and send the Orion spacecraft around the moon for a test run. With SLS now off the launch pad, NASA said the Artemis I launch could be pushed back to November.
"We know that the earliest it could go is late October, but more than likely we'll go in the window in the middle of November," NASA Administrator Bill Nelson told CNN.
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