NASA’s Space Launch System rocket has arrived again on the launch pad forward of its launch later this month. The rocket, together with the Orion spacecraft, shall be launched on the uncrewed Artemis I mission across the moon to check out expertise for future crewed moon missions. The rocket had been set for launch final month, however it needed to be returned to its constructing as a consequence of Hurricane Ian which hit the Florida coast.

Having spent a number of weeks contained in the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) on the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the rocket has now returned to Launch Pad 39B, from the place it’s going to launch on November 14. It was carried from the VAB to the pad by a large crawler over a 4.2-mile journey which took 9 hours.

According to NASA, the rocket arrived on the pad at 8:30 a.m. on November 4. “Teams will continue working to configure SLS and Orion for the upcoming Nov. 14. launch attempt,” the company wrote in an replace.

This means issues are wanting good for the following launch try, which appears to be able to go. The first launch of the SLS system has confirmed difficult, with issues scuppering two earlier launch makes an attempt and points with liquid hydrogen gas leaks dogging the method. In an replace on the finish of October NASA mentioned it had accomplished minor repairs to the rocket and that engineers had examined and reinstalled a number of parts.

“Teams recharged, replaced and reinstalled several of the radiation instruments and the crew seat accelerometer inside Orion ahead of the crew module closure for roll,” NASA wrote earlier than the rollout. “Technicians will refresh the specimens for the space biology payload at the launch pad. The crew module and launch abort system hatches are closed for the roll to the pad, and engineers will perform final closeouts at the pad prior to launch.”

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