Next steps for NASA's moon rocket
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Depending on the timing, NASA could launch a fresh crew to the space station while four other astronauts are flying around the moon.
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.