NASA announced Saturday their planned Artemis lunar launch was a no-go for Tuesday as Tropical Storm Ian churned toward Cape Canaveral, CNN reports, marking the third time the mission’s been pushed back. NASA is considering even putting the rocket in storage.
“On Tuesday, Tropical Storm Ian is forecast to be moving north through the eastern Gulf of Mexico as a hurricane, just off the southwest coast of Florida. A cold front will also be draped across northern Florida pushing south. The combination of these weather factors will allow for increased rain chances across much of the Florida peninsula on Tuesday, including the Cape Canaveral area. Showers and thunderstorms are forecast to be numerous and widespread across the region. Tropical storm-force winds from Ian could also arrive as early as Tuesday night across central Florida,” said CNN Meteorologist Haley Brink laying out the sucktacular situation.