NASA waves off Tuesday launch for Artemis moon rocket

Faced with stormy weather ahead of soon-to-be Hurricane Ian, NASA managers Saturday ruled out a third attempt to launch the Artemis 1 moon rocket Tuesday but held open the option of making a run at blastoff on October 2, the current backup date.

That would require leaving the $4.1 billion 330-foot-tall Space Launch System rocket exposed to the elements atop pad 39B, assuming assurances from forecasters winds would not exceed 74 knots, the certified safety limit.

NASA’s Artemis 1 management team deferred making a decision on whether to haul the rocket back to the protection of the Vehicle Assembly Building in hopes of more favorable forecasts overnight that might allow it to ride out the weather at the pad.

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