NASA's Artemis II craft meets the launch pad

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NASA hauls Artemis II moon rocket to launch pad for February flight
After months of meticulous preparation, NASA's 32-story-tall Space Launch System rocket, the most powerful operational booster in the world, was hauled to its seaside launch pad Saturday in Florida, setting the stage for a long-awaited flight next month to send four astronauts on a trip around the moon.

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NASA rolled out an 11 million-pound moon rocket in preparation for astronauts' launch
The start of a very long journey: NASA’s Artemis moon rocket makes the slow trip to its launch pad
Artemis II: Nasa's mega Moon rocket arrives at launch pad
Nasa's mega rocket has been moved to the launch pad in Cape Canaveral, Florida, as the final preparations get underway for the first crewed mission to the Moon in more than 50 years.

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NASA rolls out Artemis II craft ahead of crewed lunar orbit
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Artemis 2 rocket rollout latest news: Giant NASA moon rocket heads to launch pad
NASA's new moon rocket moves to the pad ahead of astronaut launch 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.

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NASA’s Artemis II rocket set to roll to launch pad at Kennedy Space Center
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NASA’s Artemis II moon rocket moves to the launch pad

NASA’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.

Managers on alert for “launch fever” as pressure builds for NASA’s Moon mission

The crawler carrying the SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft was built 60 years ago to haul NASA’s Saturn V rockets, then kept around for the Space Shuttle Program. Now, the vehicle is back to its original purpose of positioning Moon-bound rockets on their launch pads.

NASA outlines 10-day flight plan for historic Artemis II lunar mission

On Saturday, Jan. 17 at 7 a.m., NASA will conduct a rollout mission – transporting an 11-million-pound stack four miles from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Station. The journey will take up to 12 hours, NASA said.

NASA attempts to restore contact with AWOL orbiter launched in Florida

A Mars spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, has been AWOL. But NASA hasn't given up hope of restoring contact with the MAVEN orbiter.
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