NASA Shuttle Launches Day

NASA rolls Artemis 2 rocket to the pad

NASA rolled out an 11 million-pound moon rocket in preparation for astronauts' launch

The rollout sets the stage for tests and dress rehearsals ahead of NASA's first crewed flight to the moon in more than 50 years. The mission could launch in three weeks.

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

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Artemis 2 update: NASA to wheel historic, 11 million-pound rocket to the launch pad this weekend

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

The Artemis II Moon Rocket is being moved four miles away from Nasa's Kennedy Space Center in Florida - the short trip is expected to take up to 12 hours

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Artemis 2 rocket rollout latest news: Giant NASA moon rocket heads to launch pad

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

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This Day in History: Nixon authorizes $5.5 million to launch space shuttle program

Exactly 54 years ago today on Jan. 4, 1972, President Richard Nixon signed a bill authorizing $5.5 million to develop a reusable space flight vehicle that came with a lower cost and could stay in orbit for longer.

321 Launch: Space news you may have missed over the past week (Jan. 12)

The launch is set to occur no earlier than 12:42 p.m. Monday, Jan. 12 from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The mission will be a Falcon 9 rocket sending the company's next batch of 29 Starlink internet satellites to orbit.