'Gridlock': Artemis launch spectators, five Port Canaveral cruise ships to snarl traffic Monday
Take your typical Monday morning rush hour in north-central Brevard County, with school buses and workplace commuters backing up at busy intersections.
Add roughly 40,000 people boarding and disembarking five large cruise ships that are scheduled to leave Port Canaveral on Monday.
Then throw in a teeming throng of 100,000 to 500,000 spectators, most attempting to maneuver as close as possible to the beach and Indian River Lagoon to watch NASA's Artemis I historic moon launch soar skyward. It's the first planned uncrewed test flight in the Artemis program.
The Artemis I two-hour launch window opens at 8:33 a.m. Monday. The 322-foot Space Launch System with uncrewed Orion capsule is slated to make its debut launch from pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center and embark on a 42-day mission.
Take your typical Monday morning rush hour in north-central Brevard County, with school buses and workplace commuters backing up at busy intersections.
Add roughly 40,000 people boarding and disembarking five large cruise ships that are scheduled to leave Port Canaveral on Monday.
Then throw in a teeming throng of 100,000 to 500,000 spectators, most attempting to maneuver as close as possible to the beach and Indian River Lagoon to watch NASA's Artemis I historic moon launch soar skyward. It's the first planned uncrewed test flight in the Artemis program.
The Artemis I two-hour launch window opens at 8:33 a.m. Monday. The 322-foot Space Launch System with uncrewed Orion capsule is slated to make its debut launch from pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center and embark on a 42-day mission.
