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Giant NASA moon rocket arrives at launch pad

NASA’s Artemis II rocket and spacecraft reach launch pad as lift-off window inches closer

The crawler carried the Moon-bound rocket and spacecraft slowly towards the pad at a maximum speed of just 0.82 miles per hour. The rocket made a scheduled pause outside the VAB’s high-bay doors for the teams to reposition the crew access arm.

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NASA’s new moon rocket heads to the pad ahead of astronaut launch as early as February

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NASA moves Artemis II rocket to launchpad ahead of mission to the moon

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Nasa's mega Moon rocket arrives at launch pad for Artemis II mission

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 Rolled Out Artemis —Here’s Why It Matters

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Artemis mission live: NASA's mega-rocket painstakingly crawls towards launch pad

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NASA inches closer to moon rocket launch

The hourslong roll out marked a new milestone for the Artemis II mission which is aiming to have astronauts slingshot around the moon.

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'We're ready to go,' Nasa crew say as rocket inches closer to launch pad

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NASA delivers 11MILLION lbs rocket to launch pad as countdown to historic moon mission begins

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NASA to roll out 11 million-pound moon rocket in preparation for astronauts' launch

NASA will roll 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.

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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.

Watch Artemis II roll out aboard the heaviest vehicle on Earth

Just moving out the moon-bound rocket to the launch pad was an incredible engineering feat. Watch how NASA got it done.

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.

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NASA selects four astronauts to train for new launch vehicles

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- NASA has selected the four astronauts who will train for and launch from US soil for the first time since the end of the space shuttle program in 2011. They will be the first humans ever to fly on commercial vehicles to the International ...