The Orion spacecraft for the Artemis I mission and the Space Launch System rocket travelled roughly nine hours from the Vehicle Assembly Building to launch pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on November 4. Teams will continue to set up SLS and Orion in preparation for the impending launch attempt on November 14.

On November 3, at about 11:17 p.m. EDT, the crawler-transporter started the roughly 4-mile trip from the VAB to the launch pad. Before proceeding to the launch pad, the Moon rocket made a deliberate stop outside the VAB high-bay doors to allow the team to reposition the crew access arm on the mobile launcher.

Currently, a November 14 launch of Artemis I is planned, with a 69-minute launch window opening at 12:07 a.m. EST. The SLS rocket and the Orion spacecraft will be tested together for the first time during Artemis I.

The rocket had been kept in storage for weeks after the first two launch attempts were unsuccessful due to fuel leak issues. However, when Florida was hit by a hurricane. The unnamed storm may develop near Puerto Rico over the weekend and slowly travel northwest early next week, predicts meteorologist Mark Burger, the US Air Force's launch weather officer at Cape Canaveral.

Burger estimated that the likelihood of it becoming a named storm is only 30%. Nevertheless, a low pressure system always develops as predicted by the models. Even while forecasters don't anticipate it to become a strong system, they will monitor any potential repercussions through the middle of next week, he added.

Returning the 98-meter-tall, 322-foot-tall SLS rocket to the nearby Vehicle Assembly Building, or VAB, allowed engineers to more thoroughly analyse and perform repairs on the rocket.