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The Artemis I rocket launch has been delayed for the fifth time as Florida prepares for a Category 1 hurricane.

NASA's 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.

Slower and farther west, making landfall near the pensacola area late friday. then we take a look at the european model, you're talking midday wednesday, but near the ft. myers area. so, quite a difference here in terms of the spread. and also in terms of rainfall amounts. overall, we're still talking similar widespread rainfall totals of 4 to 6 inches. it's where that bull's-eye of the rainfall goes, that's going to ultimately depend on where this storm makes landfall. again, the european model focusing it more across central florida to see that target point of 8, 10, as much as a foot of rai...

>> that's right. allison, thank you so much. we'll check back with you. carlos, nasa has called off a moon rocket launch from florida's kennedy space station because of the storm. what are people across the state doing to prepare? >> on the space coast to the west coast and down to the florida keys, emergency officials are trying to get a better sense of where this storm might be so they can take the appropriate actions. we know that down in monroe county, which is where the florida keys are, they're not expected to go ahead with an evacuation order anytime today just because we have that much...

This marks the third delay in the past month for the lunar-orbiting test flight, which will feature mannequins but no astronauts.