NASA's next-generation moon rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS) Artemis 1 rocket with its Orion crew capsule stands on launch pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. August 17, 2022. REUTERS/Joe Skipper

NASA employees and guests look on as the agency's next-generation moon rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with its Orion crew capsule perched on top, leaves the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) on a slow-motion journey to its launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. August 16, 2022. REUTERS/Joe Skipper

NASA's next-generation moon rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS) Artemis 1 rocket with its Orion crew capsule rolls to launch pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. August 17, 2022. REUTERS/Joe Skipper

NASA's next-generation moon rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS) Artemis 1 rocket with its Orion crew capsule stands on launch pad 39B as workers depart at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. August 17, 2022. REUTERS/Steve Nesius

NASA’s next-generation moon rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with its Orion crew capsule perched on top, passes the Turn Basin as it leaves the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) on a slow-motion journey to its launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. August 16, 2022. REUTERS/Steve Nesius

NASA's next-generation moon rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS) Artemis 1 rocket with its Orion crew capsule rolls to launch pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. August 16, 2022. REUTERS/Joe Skipper

NASA’s next-generation moon rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with its Orion crew capsule perched on top, leaves the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) on a slow-motion journey to its launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. August 16, 2022. REUTERS/Steve Nesius