NASA has said there will be 60 percent favorable weather conditions as the agency tries to launch the historic spacecraft again after previous engine problems.
NASA weather officer Melody Lovin said at a press briefing on Friday that there will be 60 percent favorable weather conditions on Saturday, rising as high as 80 percent toward the end of the launch window.
If the launch is successful, then NASA will share the first views of Earth from cameras on Orion later on Saturday and it is hoped that the Virtual Telescope Project will be able to send live views of Orion's journey shortly after launch.when an engine issue was discovered, but NASA had planned for that contingency and two other launch windows were available. If the launch does not take place today, there is another launch window on Monday.said on August 29.
"I think it's illustrative that this is a very complicated machine, a very complicated system, and all those things have to work and you don't want to light the candle until it's ready to go," he said.future manned missions to the planet MarsNASA's Artemis I rocket sits on launch pad 39-B at Kennedy Space Center on September 02, 2022 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. NASA will make a second attempt to launch the rocket on Saturday.
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