The space agency plans to send astronauts around the moon in 2024 and land a crew on the lunar surface in 2025. Astronauts last visited the moon in December 1972, closing out the Apollo program.
, after determining that hurricane damage provided little extra risk to the test flight.
"We’re comfortable flying as is," based on flight experience with this material, Sarafin told reporters Monday night. The nearly monthlong $4 billion mission has been grounded since August by fuel leaks and Hurricane Ian, which forced the rocket back into its hangar for shelter at the end of September. The rocket remained at the pad for Nicole; managers said there wasn't enough time to move it once it became clear the storm was going to be stronger than anticipated.
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