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NASA moves moon rocket to launch pad

NASA’s Artemis II reaches the launch pad and the countdown to the Moon begins

NASA’s Artemis II rocket has reached its launch pad after a painstaking overnight crawl across Kennedy Space Center. Engineers are now preparing for crucial fueling and countdown tests ahead of the first crewed Artemis mission.

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NASA rolls Artemis 2 moon rocket to launch pad | Space photo of the day for Jan. 19, 2025

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

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

Nasa's mega rocket has been moved to the launch pad in Cape Canaveral, Florida, as the final preparations get underway for the first crewed mission to the Moon in more than 50 years.

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Artemis mission live: NASA's mega-rocket painstakingly crawls towards launch pad

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NASA inches closer to moon rocket launch

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NASA delivers 11MILLION lbs rocket to launch pad as countdown to historic moon mission begins

The 10-day manned mission, which is set to launch as early as February 6, will be the first to travel around the moon and back to Earth since Apollo 17 in 1972.

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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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Watch NASA roll huge Artemis 2 moon rocket out to the launch pad today

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China previews how powerful its new Xuntian space telescope will be ahead of 2027 launch (video)

Mock observations test the performance of the Chinese Space Station Telescope as the 2-meter-class observatory moves closer to launch.

SpaceX launch recap: Live updates from Starlink mission from Cape Canaveral

Live updates from SpaceX’s Sunday evening Starlink 6-100 mission that launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

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NASA juggling piloted moon mission and space station crew replacement flight

Depending on the timing, NASA could launch a fresh crew to the space station while four other astronauts are flying around the moon.

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Next-gen 'space armor' tiles to launch on SpaceX mission for advanced debris defense

Portal’s Starburst-1 is the company’s first on-orbit demonstration mission. It will aim to validate the company’s long-endurance satellite architecture. Starburst-1 will operate in a sun-synchronous orbit for roughly a year, demonstrating rendezvous maneuverability and fast orbital changes.

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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 29 Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida

SpaceX on Sunday (Jan. 18) sent a new batch of 29 Starlink satellites ( Group 6-100) into low Earth orbit. At 6:31 p.m. EDT (2331 GMT), the company launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

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Isar Aerospace sets date for second Spectrum launch

German launch company Isar Aerospace is preparing for the second launch of its Spectrum rocket, this time carrying several satellite payloads.