Approaching Storm May Delay Launch Try for NASA Moon Rocket

The NASA moon rocket stands on Pad 39B before a launch attempt for the Artemis 1 mission to orbit the moon at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Sept. 2, 2022. Brynn Anderson/AP Photo

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—An approaching storm threatens to delay NASA’s next launch attempt for its new moon rocket, already grounded for weeks by fuel leaks.

A tropical depression in the southern Caribbean is moving toward Florida and could become a major hurricane.