Cape Canaveral
NASA officials said on Sunday that all systems appeared “go” for liftoff, and weather forecasts called for an 80 per cent chance of favourable conditions at the top of Monday’s two-hour launch window, starting at 8:33 a.m. EDT , diminishing to 60 per cent toward the end of that period.AP Although lightning rods at the launch site were struck during a storm on Saturday, Spaulding said he has not “seen anything on the ground systems that give us any concerns.” NASA said there was no damage to the spacecraft or launch facilities.
If those two missions are successful, NASA is aiming to land astronauts back on the moon, including the first woman to set foot on the lunar surface, as early as 2025, though many experts believe that time frame is likely to slip by a few years. The last humans to walk on the moon were the two-man descent team of Apollo 17 in 1972, following in the footsteps of 10 other astronauts during five earlier missions beginning with Apollo 11 in 1969.