NASA, moon and Launch Pad 39B
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NASA rolls Artemis II mega moon rocket to pad for epic February launch
The towering Space Launch System that will send astronauts around the Moon for the first time in more than half a century is now standing at its Florida launch pad, poised for an ambitious February liftoff.
NASA is preparing to roll out its towering Artemis 2 moon rocket to Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center on Jan. 17, and we will have full coverage of the major event here. The Artemis 2 moon rocket consists of NASA's second Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft,
The gigantic Space Launch System (SLS) Moon rocket and Orion Space Capsule was moved from Nasa's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to a launch pad around four miles (6.4km) away. The rocket was carefully transported at a top speed of 0.82 mph (1.3 km/h), with the journey taking almost 12 hours on Saturday.
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