How Hurricane Nicole Caused MAJOR Trouble For NASA..
How Hurricane Nicole Caused MAJOR Trouble For NASA..
Welcome back to Tech Summary. NASA is still preparing for the launch of Artemis I next week even though the rocket faced hurricane-force winds and experienced minor damage at the hands of Hurricane Nicole, the agency said in a new blog post. Why it matters: The uncrewed Artemis I moon mission has been delayed by both Hurricane Ian in September and Tropical Storm Nicole earlier this month. Officials at NASA said the Artemis I rocket experienced some damage due to Hurricane Nicole but it is still expected to launch next week. The rocket remained on the launchpad at the Kennedy Space Center while Nicole made landfall in the early hours of Thursday morning as a Category 1 hurricane about 85 miles south of Cape Canaveral, Florida, before downgrading to a tropical storm.
When NASA blasted its colossal rocket to the moon in July 1969, the denizens of Earth watched the 363-foot-tall behemoth on televisions in department stores, on a giant screen in Central Park, and in living rooms in Tokyo and Paris. Still today, it's the most powerful rocket ever successfully flown. This rocket, the Saturn V, could propel the weight of some four school buses to the moon. It sent astronauts to the chalky lunar surface six different times. And it hauled America's first space station, Skylab, into orbit around Earth.
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