If everything had gone to plan, NASA's next-generation SLSrocket would have launched a while ago. But it's still very much on the ground. So what's the latest?
It’s secured inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to keep it safe from Hurricane Ian, which at this moment is battering the state with strong winds and torrential rain.
With the engine issue fixed, NASA tried again in early September, but a liquid hydrogen leak again prompted engineers to halt that launch effort, too. But then along came Hurricane Ian, making that removal really necessary. So on Monday night out came NASA’s crawler vehicle to transport the SLS rocket back to the VAB.
It added: “Managers will review options on the extent of work that will be conducted in the VAB before returning to the launch pad or identifying the next opportunity for launch. Technicians will swap out batteries on the rocket’s flight termination system and retest the system prior to the next launch attempt.”
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