A lightning strike at Launch Pad 39A during Friday afternoon's thunderstorm. ... "The Lightning Protection System takes the charge andchannels it away," Beutel told SPACE.com.

Parsons said NASA upgraded Pad 39B's lightning protection system to include better shielding against strikes and better separate electrical current from launch hardware.

NASA released a video that shows over 10 years of lightning bolts striking the protection system at Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The U.S. space agency said they decided ...

Lightning strikes the Launch Pad 39-B protection system as preparations for launch of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard continue, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022 ...

Three lightning strikes ended up hitting the lightning protection system towers at Launch Pad 39B – two of them struck Tower 2, while one hit Tower 1, NASA said in a blog post.

The countdown has continued for the Artemis 1 launch on Monday. NASA says on Saturday, rain and thunderstorms were over the area of the launch pad. Three lightning strikes hit the lightning ...

Five strikes were confirmed, hitting the 183-metre lightning-protection towers surrounding the rocket at NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre. The strikes weren’t strong enough to warrant major retesting.

Stunning videos and images shared across social media captured the exact moment that lightning struck the launch pad as a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket sat awaiting liftoff on Thursday, April 27.

Traditionally, lightning protection has relied on lightning rods invented by Benjamin Franklin in 1752. However, the effectiveness of these rods compared to the new laser-based system remains ...