The towering SLS rocket that will carry astronauts around the Moon on the Artemis II mission is scheduled to begin the slow trip to the launch pad Saturday at 7 a.m.
NASA’s Crawler-transporter 2 moves toward the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. The crawler will transport NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) ...
NASA is moving into a new phase of space exploration, with major progress across human spaceflight, science missions, and ...
NASA moved the rocket slated to carry four astronauts around the moon to the launch pad on Saturday, a key step as the Artemis II moon mission nears.
The rocket is about to traverse four miles to the launchpad — at about 1 mph.
After rollout is complete, NASA will conduct a number of checkouts with Artemis 2's SLS and Orion. One of the most important tests is a wet dress rehearsal, during which teams will load the rocket ...
Just moving out the moon-bound rocket to the launch pad was an incredible engineering feat. Watch how NASA got it done.