--- title: NASA Sets New Date for SLS Moon Rocket Launch description: The giant Space Launch System (SLS) is back on the launch pad and could fly as early as Nov. 14. canonical: https://time.com/6228997/nasa-sls-launch-date-november/ author: Jeffrey Kluger article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2022-11-04T18:34:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-24T14:59:48.333Z article:section: Science og:title: Third Time's a Charm? NASA Sets a New Date to Launch Its Mega-Moon Rocket og:description: The giant space Launch System (SLS) is back on the launch pad and could fly as early as Nov. 14 og:url: https://time.com/6228997/nasa-sls-launch-date-november/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte67e11362a15c349/698a372816d884e378c3b38a/SLS.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1024 og:image:height: 576 og:image:alt: SLS og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Third Time's a Charm? NASA Sets a New Date to Launch Its Mega-Moon Rocket twitter:description: The giant space Launch System (SLS) is back on the launch pad and could fly as early as Nov. 14 twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte67e11362a15c349/698a372816d884e378c3b38a/SLS.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Third Time's a Charm? 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There is no cost and no subscription requirement.  by [Jeffrey Kluger](https://time.com/author/jeffrey-kluger/)  ## Jeffrey Kluger Editor at Large Nov 4, 2022 6:34 PM UTC  The Space Launch System (SLS) on launch pad 39B, where it arrived on the morning of Nov. 4 The Space Launch System (SLS) on launch pad 39B, where it arrived on the morning of Nov. 4 NASA/Joel Kowsky  by [Jeffrey Kluger](https://time.com/author/jeffrey-kluger/)  ## Jeffrey Kluger Editor at Large Nov 4, 2022 6:34 PM UTC NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) moon rocket has been in development for more than 18 years and has never flown so much as an inch. But that might change on Nov. 14 at 12:07 a.m. ET, when the massive 32-story machine blasts off for a 25-day mission around the moon. That mission, known as Artemis 1, will be preparatory to a similar crewed mission that could be flown as early as 2024. Twice before in the past several months, the rocket has been poised for launch, and twice before mechanical problems scrubbed the plans. But [as NASA reports](https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2022/11/04/artemis-i-moon-rocket-arrives-at-launch-pad-ahead-of-historic-mission-2/), last night in Florida at just after midnight, the rocket began its slow, nine-hour, 6.75 km (4.2 mi) creep from its hangar in the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) to launch pad 39B, arriving there at 8:30 a.m. today. Mission managers are confident that this time, the third time, will be the charm. “I think everyone feels really good about the launch,” Jim Free, NASA’s director of exploration systems, [told CBS News](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nasa-artemis-moon-rocket-ready-for-another-launch-try/). “If we weren’t confident, we wouldn’t roll out.” **Read more:**[_Inside NASA’s Struggle to Launch America Back to the Moon_](https://time.com/6208598/nasa-moon-rocket-artemis-sls/) But NASA may have to contend with variables that are entirely out of its control. On Sept. 26, the SLS, which was out on pad 39B in preparation for an impending launch attempt, had to hightail it back to the VAB in advance of the arrival of Hurricane Ian. Next week, a “non-tropical pressure system” forming in the Caribbean could bring heavy rain and wind gusts of up to 40 knots (75 km/hr, 46 mph) to the Kennedy Space Center. 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