NASA moon rocket on track for launch despite lightning hits
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- NASA's new moon rocket remained on track to blast off on a crucial test flight Monday, despite a series of lightning strikes
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- NASA's new moon rocket remained on track to blast off on a crucial test flight Monday, despite a series of lightning strikes
NASA's new moon rocket remained on track to blast off on a crucial test flight Monday, despite a series of lightning strikes at the launch pad. The 98-metre Space Launch System rocket is the most powerful ever built by NASA. It's poised to send an empty crew capsule into lunar orbit, a half-century after NASA's Apollo program, which landed 12 astronauts on the moon.
Launch teams at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida spent a final full day of preparations ahead of Monday's planned liftoff of NASA's giant next-generation rocket on its debut test flight, kicking
The 322-foot Space Launch System rocket is the most powerful ever built by NASA.
Astronauts could return to the moon in a few years, if this six-week test flight goes well.