Amazing Lightning Bolt Strikes Near NASA's Artemis 1 Moon Rocket

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One of Launch Complex 39B's towers were struck lightning. NASA Kennedy Space Center camera also caught another lightning strike near the Artemis 1 moon rocket. The massive Space Launch System rocket was not damaged.

Credit: NASA Kennedy Space Center | mash mix by Space.com's Steve Spaleta
Rain sound effect courtesy of Epidemic Sound
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