Giant NASA moon rocket arrives at launch pad
Digest more
With launch potentially just three weeks away, the agency is working tirelessly to get the SLS rocket, Orion spacecraft, and the Artemis 2 crew ready for liftoff.
CAPE CANAVERAL—NASA plans to roll out the next Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion capsule on Jan. 17 or soon after ahead of launch of the Artemis II mission to send astronauts into deep space for the first time in more than 52 years.
Hosted on MSN
NASA stacks Artemis 2 moon mission's Orion capsule atop SLS rocket ahead of 2026 launch
The towering rocket tasked with launching NASA's next moon astronauts on their historic lunar journey has come together. The Space Launch System (SLS) rocket being stacked for the Artemis 2 mission has its final piece. Integrity, the Orion spacecraft that ...