NASA’s groundbreaking new rocket launch to the moon. as part of the long-awaited Artemis 1 missionwill not take place on Tuesday, as announced, due to bad weather conditions predicted by forecasters, the US space agency said today.

Under the threat of Tropical Storm Yang, which is currently in southern Jamaica, NASA will prepare the rocket and move it to a safe location in the assembly shop.

Yang is expected to develop into a hurricane in the coming days and head across the Gulf of Mexico towards Florida, where the Kennedy Space Center is located.