NASA's Artemis 1 megarocket rolls back to launch pad for moon mission
The Artemis 1 Space Launch System megarocket hit the road again on Thursday (Aug. 16) for the launch pad. Image source Editor's note: NASA announced(opens in new tab) that the Artemis 1 rocket arrived at the pad on Wednesday (Aug. 17) around 7:30 a.m. EDT (1130 GMT). Original story: NASA's Artemis 1 moon rocket headed back to the launch pad Tuesday night (Aug. 19) to take a step closer to a landmark lunar mission. Artemis 1 is an uncrewed test flight of the huge Space Launch System (SLS) megarocket and its Orion spacecraft , and it began the rollout to a Kennedy Space Center launch pad at about 10 p.m. EDT (0200 GMT Wednesday, Aug. 17). The Orion, stacked atop the rocket, began moving from the KSC's Vehicle Assembly Building for a journey that will take as long as 11 hours. The crawler carrying the Artemis 1 hardware must make a journey to Launch Pad 39B at roughly 1 to 2 miles an hour (1.6 to 3.2 km/h). While the rollout is running, you can watch it live on NASA's we...
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