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

NASA moved a 322-foot-tall rocket out to the launchpad on Saturday, a key step as the agency prepares for a long-awaited mission to send four astronauts around the moon.

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NASA rolls Artemis 2 rocket to the pad ahead of historic moon launch

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

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NASA’s Rocket Rolls To Launch Pad As Countdown Begins For First Crewed Moon Mission In 50 Years

NASA on Saturday moved its giant Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft to the launch pad, marking a major step towards its first crewed mission to the Moon in more than 50 years.

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NASA rolls giant SLS rocket to launchpad for second Artemis moon mission

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LIVE: NASA’s Artemis II rockets move to Launch Pad 39B | Countdown begins for the next Moon mission

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

Over almost 12 hours, the 98m-tall Space Launch System was carried vertically from the Vehicle Assembly Building on the 4-mile (6.5km) journey to the 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’s new moon rocket moves to the pad ahead of astronaut launch as early as February

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Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket conducts hot fire test overnight. When is launch?

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket successfully completed a hotfire test of its seven BE-4 engines. The upcoming mission will be the rocket's second flight, launching NASA's ESCAPADE satellites to Mars. While no official date is set, navigational warnings ...

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Is there a rocket launch today? Where to see Electron liftoff in Virginia

Rocket Lab plans to launch its Electron rocket from Virginia's Wallops Flight Facility at midnight, Dec.18. The mission will deliver four experimental disk-shaped satellites into orbit for the U.S. Space Force. While the NASA Wallops Visitor Center will ...

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SpaceX starts 2026 with launch of Italy’s Cosmo-SkyMed satellite

SpaceX has opened the new year by lofting Italy’s latest Cosmo-SkyMed radar satellite to orbit, turning a routine commercial mission into a statement about how quickly Earth observation is evolving. The Falcon 9 launch from California extends a long-running Italian program that blends civil and military needs,

Commercial rocket launched from Yellow Sea in China's first sea-based mission of 2026

Chinese commercial space firm Galactic Energy successfully carries out a sea-based launch of its CERES-1 carrier rocket at 4:10 am off the coast of East China’s Shandong Provinc