Nicole is forecasted to strengthen to Category 1 hurricane status just before making landfall south of Brevard County. This time storm surge has a real possibility of causing flooding and damages across the spaceport.
With Florida firmly in the crosshairs of Tropical Storm Nicole, teams across Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station are preparing facilities – and the massive moon-bound Artemis I rocket – for the still-strengthening storm as it bears down on the Space Coast.
Officials also lacked ample time to make a call on rollback as Nicole suddenly strengthened over the weekend; plus, it had just completed rollout early Friday. As of Tuesday evening, NASA confirmed it would delay the Space Launch System rocket's liftoff to no earlier than 1:04 a.m. EST Wednesday, Nov. 16, due to Nicole.
"A dangerous storm surge from Nicole is expected along much of the east coast of Florida and portions of coastal Georgia where a storm surge warning is in effect," the NHC said Tuesday."The surge will be accompanied by large and damaging waves." A five-foot surge would largely surround pad 39B and 39A – operated by SpaceX under lease from NASA – with water. The center of both pads sit about a half-mile from the Atlantic Ocean.
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