NASA’s Moon Rocket Heads Back to the Launchpad

The giant Space Launch System is getting an early start ahead of its lunar journey, which is scheduled to start on Aug. 29. By : quickinsuranceguru.com By : quickinsuranceguru.com

NASA’s big moon rocket is rolling out to the launching pad for the third time — and it actually is slated to launch to the moon.

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Which is the most powerful since the Saturn V that took astronauts to the moon in the 1960s and 1970s, has been parked in a building at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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There, technicians have been getting the rocket ready for its maiden flight, which could occur in two weeks.

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The rollout from the building to the launchpad had been scheduled for Thursday, but NASA announced on Monday that the move had been moved up to Tuesday evening.

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This all leads to the launch of NASA’s Artemis I mission, an uncrewed test of the giant rocket and the Orion spacecraft where astronauts will one day sit.

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It is about 4.2 miles from NASA’s huge Vehicle Assembly Building to the launchpad, which is known as Launch Complex 39B.

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