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NASA’s Artemis 1 moon rocket boosters may expire in December

NASA’s Artemis 1 moon rocket boosters may expire in December

With the launch date of NASA’s Artemis 1 moon mission still being pushed back by glitches and storms, the deadline for its solid rocket boosters is fast approaching.

Artemis 1 launch – which will use a Space Launch System (SLS) missile, with the help of two boosters, to send an unmanned missile Orion capsule To the moon – late again, this time no later than Wednesday (November 16) Because of the imminent arrival of Tropical Storm Nicole on the Florida Space Coast. Nicole’s satellite imagery currently shows Looming in the Atlantic Ocean Adjacent to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC), it generates winds of up to 70 mph (110 km/h) as it approaches the center’s 39B launch pad, where the Artemis 1 cluster is located, ready to weather the storm.