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NASA Artemis II rocket reaches launch pad for first crewed lunar flight in 54 years

NASA's Artemis II Moon rocket and Orion spacecraft have successfully arrived at Launch Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center from ...

NASA’s giant SLS rocket completes slow roll toward Artemis II moon voyage

FLORIDA - NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman said on the morning of Jan 17 that a few days earlier, he looked up and saw the ...

Four astronauts to take unprecedented path to moon. But why aren't they landing?

The spacecraft that could soon carry four people on a historic lunar mission, NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and ...

NASA's new moon rocket moves to the pad ahead of astronaut launch as early as February

NASA's giant new moon rocket moved to the launch pad Saturday in preparation for astronauts' first lunar fly-around in more ...

Artemis 2: Next steps for NASA's moon rocket after historic roll to pad

That four-mile trek could mark the first leg of Artemis II, a 10-day journey around the moon and back that will put the ...

NASA’s Artemis II Moon Rocket Reaches Launch Pad — What Happens Next

NASA’s Artemis II rocket arrives at Launch Pad 39B, beginning final prelaunch tests ahead of the first crewed lunar mission in over 50 years, set for Feb. 2026.

NASA's Artemis II moon crew will see views 'human eyes have not seen'

As they fly around the moon, the four astronauts of NASA's Artemis II will see views never seen by the human eye. Here's how.

‘The start of a very long journey’: NASA’s Artemis moon rocket makes the slow trip to its launch pad

NASA moved its Space Launch System rocket to the launch pad to get set for sending humans around the moon for the first time ...

NASA's Artemis II craft meets the launch pad ahead of crewed lunar orbit

The goal of the Artemis program is to eventually send Americans to the moon for the first time in more than 50 years, with ...

NASA’s Giant Rocket Completes Slow Roll Toward Artemis II Moon Voyage

The Space Launch System and Orion capsule were transported to the launchpad before an astronaut mission that could launch as ...

4 astronauts will soon take an unprecedented path to the moon. But why aren’t they landing?

NASA’s upcoming Artemis II flight will be the first crewed lunar mission in over 50 years, but it will not land on the moon. Here’s why.

Inside NASA’s plan to defeat moon dust. (And why it matters more than you think.)

Moon dust is sharp, corrosive, and potentially fatal. NASA’s new electric force field shield is designed to blast it away.