BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – NASA has changed the timeline for a critical test needed before the Artemis II rocket launch.
The space agency announced Friday that it was moving the Artemis II wet dress rehearsal at Kennedy Space Center back because of extreme cold and windy conditions expected in Florida this weekend.
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The wet dress rehearsal is now scheduled for Monday instead of Saturday.
In a news release, NASA said its engineers had been monitoring the weather conditions for several days before making the change.
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“Managers have assessed hardware capabilities against the projected forecast given the rare arctic outbreak affecting the state and decided to change the timeline,” NASA said in the release.
The delay now means that the first potential launch opportunity for Artemis II is Feb. 8.
The Source: This story was written with information from NASA.