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Military bases in South Carolina, North Carolina and other parts of the Southeast made last-minute preparations and fortifications Wednesday as they braced for the arrival of Hurricane Idalia — a major storm that caused heavy damage in Florida.
Ships and aircraft assigned to Florida Navy installations in the path of Tropical Storm Idalia will start sortieing today in preparation for the storm’s landfall. Idalia is heading north from the Gulf of Mexico and is expected to turn east and cross over Florida and Georgia in the vicinity of Naval Station Mayport, Fla., and […]
The move allows for safe conditions for employees to return to work along with time to assess any damage to the Space Launch System rocket, Orion spacecraft and mobile launcher.
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NASA left its $4.1 billion Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft for the Artemis I mission to the moon on the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center to ride out Hurricane Nicole, noting that it could withstand sustained winds of 85 mph at 60 feet high when vertical at Launch Complex 39-B. Hurricane Nicole ended up testing those safety limits.
NASA will delay the launch to November 16 due to tropical storm Nicole. NASA will be delaying the Artemis 1 moon launch again. From what was previously November 14, the date has been changed to November 16.