NASA left its SLS rocket on the launchpad at the KennedySpaceCenter as Hurricane Nicole passed through on Thursday. A team is now checking its condition.
As the authorities in Florida begin to assess the wider damage wrought by Hurricane Nicole on Thursday, a team at the Kennedy Space Center is currently performing detailed inspections of NASA’s next-generation Space Launch System moon rocket.
Tim Free, NASA’s associate administrator for exploration systems development, posted a statement at around 5 p.m. ET detailing the situation at the Kennedy Space Center. Free said the feeds show “very minor damage” such as tears in weather coverings, adding that personnel will soon carry out additional on-site walkthrough inspections of the vehicle.
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