Small fire breaks out at Artemis 1 moon rocket's hurricane shelter - Space.com

The Artemis 1 vehicle was never at risk, NASA officials said.

NASA's Artemis 1 moon rocket left its launch pad for safety's sake last night (Sept. 26), only to encounter a bit of drama shortly after arriving at its designated shelter site.

Mission team members rolled the Artemis 1 stack from Kennedy Space Center's (KSC) Launch Pad 39B to the facility's huge Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) to protect the valuable hardware from Hurricane Ian, should the storm end up hammering Florida's Space Coast.

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Artemis 1 will use a Space Launch System (SLS) rocket to launch an uncrewed Orion capsule to the moon.

The mission team will perform some work on the Artemis 1 stack while it's riding out the storm in the VAB.

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Artemis 1 will be the first launch of the SLS and the first mission of NASA's Artemis program.