First Step On the Moon

NASA moves moon rocket to launch pad

NASA's SLS rocket rolls to launch pad head of Artemis II moon mission

As the sun rose Saturday, Jan. 17, a crowd gathered at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center to watch a sight long awaited: the 322-foot-tall SLS rocket that will support the Artemis II lunar mission headed to ...

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NASA Artemis moon mission could launch from Florida in 1 month. What to know

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NASA’s Artemis II rocket arrives at launch pad for final preparations

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NASA preparing first mission around the moon since 1970s

NASA has begun rolling out a rocket in its mission to take astronauts around the moon for the first time in more than 50 years.

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

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

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'We're ready to go,' Nasa crew say as rocket inches closer to launch pad

Four crew members are set to be on board: commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, mission specialist Christina Koch and Canadian Space Agency's mission specialist Jeremy Hansen

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NASA's Artemis II moon rocket reaches launch pad, prepares for first crewed lunar mission in 50 years

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Nasa rolls out rocket for first mission in over 50 years to take crew around moon

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We’re just weeks away from sending people to the moon for the first time in 53 years

Nevertheless, it will be the first to leave Low Earth Orbit (LEO) in 53 years. It will also be the first time that astronauts launch on top of NASA’s giant Space Launch System rocket and then swing around the Moon inside the Orion crew capsule.

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Nasa eyes february 2026 for first moon return in 53 years

NASA is now targeting February 2026 for the first crewed journey back to the Moon in more than half a century, a mission that would send astronauts around our celestial neighbor rather than landing on its surface. If the schedule holds, it will mark the ...

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To explore space, scientists want to turn the moon into a gas station

Using lunar ice to make rocket fuel could help future lunar settlements sustain themselves and provide a launch pad for astronauts to reach Mars.