A tropical storm approaching the southeastern U.S. has interfered with NASA’s preparations for its SpaceX Crew-5 launch to the ISS.
Tropical Storm Ian is creating challenges for NASA mission planners overseeing launches from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The approaching tropical storm, which forecasters say could become a hurricane on Monday, has already forced the space agency to ditch a potential launch opportunity for its next-generation SLS rocket on Tuesday, September 27. It’s now trying to establish whether the enormous rocket needs to be rolled off the launchpad and back into the Vehicle Assembly Building four miles away to protect it from the incoming wind and rain.
On top of that, Storm Ian has also interrupted preparations for SpaceX’s Crew-5 mission to the space station.
