NASA had hoped to launch Artemis I this week.
In a statement, also shared on Twitter, NASA wrote: "managers continue to closely monitor weather reports and will meet this evening to evaluate whether to roll the NASA SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft back or remain at the pad to preserve an opportunity for an Artemis launch attempt on October 2."
If NASA does decide to roll SLS back to the VAB, it will almost certainly have to wait until late October at the earliest for launch.NASA's Artemis I mission is the first in a series of missions that will eventually take humans back to the lunar surface — including the first woman and first person of color to reach the moon — and serve as a stepping stone for human missions to Mars. NASA aims to establish a permanent human presence on the moon with its Artemis program.
If all goes well with Artemis I, NASA will then send humans on the same trajectory around the moon and back aboard its Orion capsule for Artemis II in 2024. Artemis III will use a SpaceX Starship as a lunar lander to send humans to the lunar surface for the first time since Apollo 17 in 1972. That mission is expected to take place around 2025 or 2026.
NASA has tried to launch Artemis I on two separate occasions, on August 29 and September 3, though both attempts were canceled due to technical problems, including a
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