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Nasa is skipping Tuesday’s launch attempt of its new moon rocket over concerns about a tropical storm headed to Florida that could become a major hurricane.
It’s the third delay in the past month for the lunar-orbiting test flight featuring mannequins but no astronauts, a follow-up to Nasa’s Apollo moon-landing program of a half-century ago.
Hydrogen fuel leaks and other technical issues caused the previous scrubs.
Currently churning in the Caribbean, tropical storm Ian is expected to become a hurricane by Monday and slam into Florida’s Gulf coast by Thursday.
The entire state, however, is in the cone showing the probable path of the storm’s center, including Nasa’s Kennedy Space Center.
