NASA, Artemis and Moon
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The rocket is about to traverse four miles to the launchpad — at about 1 mph.
After moving the massive SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft to the launchpad last weekend, NASA is now eyeing the next stage of its preparations for Artemis II, the first crewed lunar mission in more than five decades.
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NASA Artemis rocket booster suffers alarming anomaly in key test
The latest test of a next-generation rocket booster for NASA’s Artemis moon program ended with a violent structural failure, abruptly cutting short what was supposed to be a carefully choreographed demonstration of future launch hardware.