NASA's mega Moon rocket arrives at launch pad
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NASA began rolling out a costly rocket to the launchpad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Saturday, a milestone in a lunar space race between the US and China.
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On Saturday, Jan. 17 at 7 a.m., NASA will conduct a rollout mission – transporting an 11-million-pound stack four miles from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Station. The journey will take up to 12 hours, NASA said.
It is part of US plans to build a permanent base for humans to live on the lunar surface, and would be a huge help for future Moon and Mars missions.