KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, United States: The stars appear to be aligned for NASA's moon rocket to finally blast off on Saturday (Sep 3), with weather forecasts favourable and technical issues that pos
Liftoff is scheduled for 2.17 pm local time from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, with the potential for up to a two-hour delay if necessary.
"The weather looks good", and isn't expected to be a"showstopper", forecast analyst Melody Lovin said at a press conference. At first, it seemed that one of the rocket's four main engines was too hot, though it turned out just to be a reading from a"bad sensor", the rocket's programme manager John Honeycutt said on Thursday.Then a fuel tank leak had to be patched.
"There's no guarantee that we're going to get off on Saturday, but we're going to try," Artemis mission manager Mike Sarafin said.
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