US EditionNASA’s giant new moon rocket headed to the launch pad Saturday in preparation for astronauts’ first lunar fly-around in more than half a century.
NASA moved the 11-million-pound Artemis II rocket 4 miles to Launch Pad 39B for final tests before a 10-day crewed lunar flyby mission planned for early February.
- NASA's Artemis II rocket and Orion spacecraft moved to Launch Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center on January 17, 2026, marking a key step toward a crewed lunar mission.
- The Artemis II mission aims to send four astronauts around the Moon, testing life-support systems for future lunar landings.
- NASA plans to conduct a wet dress rehearsal for the Artemis II mission in late January after the rocket is secured at the launch pad.
- Once Artemis II is successful, it will pave the way for future missions, including a crewed lunar landing planned for 2027.
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The rocket that may be expected to land humans on the moon for the first time in 53 years next month has arrived at the launch pad. The 98-meter-tall structure took nearly 12 hours to complete the six-kilometer journey from the assembly building across the Kennedy Space Center grounds in Florida. The journey atop a crawler, a mobile platform with caterpillar tracks, began Saturday at 1:00 PM Dutch time and went smoothly. The rocket rolled at 1.3…
NASA moves moon rocket to launch pad
NASA on Saturday rolled out its towering SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft as it began preparations for its first crewed mission to the Moon in more than 50 years. The maneuver, which takes up to 12 hours, will allow the US space agency to begin a string of tests for the Artemis 2 mission, which could blast off as early as February 6. The immense orange and white Space Launch System rocket and the Orion vessel were slowly wheeled out of the Vehicl…
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NASA’s giant new moon rocket moved to the launch pad Saturday in preparation for astronauts’ first lunar fly-around in more than half a century. The out-and-back trip could blast off as early as February. The 322-foot (98-meter) rocket began its 1-mph (1.6-kph) creep from Kennedy Space Center’s Vehicle Assembly Building at daybreak. 🔬 NASA Artemis 2 Rocket Rolls to Launch Pad for Historic 2026 Moon Mission; Astronauts Set for Lunar Fly-Around i…
NASA began the deployment on Saturday of its imposing SLS rocket and Orion at the beginning of preparations for its first manned mission to the Moon in over 50 years.
It will be the first lunar flight involving a woman, a non-white person and a non-American.
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