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NASA will batten down its big new moon rocket on the launch pad to ride out a hurricane expected to hit near Cape Canaveral, Florida, and postpone its targeted lifto...

NASA will batten down its big new moon rocket on the launch pad to ride out a hurricane expected to hit near C

NASA will batten down its big new moon rocket on the launch pad to ride out a hurricane expected to hit near Cape Canaveral, Florida, and its targeted liftoff time next week has been postponed by two

Tropical Storm Nicole is expected to strengthen into a hurricane before it makes landfall in Florida — and its set to hit the coast just south of the launchpad where

NASA made the decision to roll out its Artemis I rocket to the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center aiming for a liftoff as early as next Monday, but what is now Subtropical Storm Nicole is predicted to transform and grow into Hurricane Nicole by Wednesday, and that could affect launch plans.

Following several repairs amid reports of fuel leaks, NASAs Artemis I mega moon rocket is back on the launchpad on Friday (local time) ahead of the third launch attempt, said officials.

NASAs moon rocket Artemis I  had been stowed away for weeks after issues with fuel leaks that thwarted the first two launch attempts and then a hurricane Ian rolled through Florida, forcing the rocket to vacate the launchpad and head for safety.

NASAs Artemis I Moon mission is scheduled to launch on November 14 at 12:07 a.m. ET.

The hulking rocket at the heart of NASAs plans to return humans to the moon arrived at the launchpad Friday morning as the space agency gears up for another attempt

This comes a little more than a week before NASA is expected to begin another attempt at this historic launch.