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NASA's historic moon mission blasts off 01:32. In a jaw-dropping spectacle, the 322-foot-tall Artemis moon rocket, the most powerful ever built for NASA, finally blasted off Wednesday with an ...
NASA's first big moon rocket since the Apollo missions roared past the launchpad at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, blasting off on its maiden voyage. The mission, called Artemis I ...
The Artemis 1 moon rocket and the Orion spacecraft are sitting poised on Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Red Huber/Getty Images hide caption ...
The rocket, known as S.L.S., has some visual similarities to the retired space shuttles. This is by design: To simplify development of its new moon rocket, NASA reused much of the 1970s space ...
The 322-foot rocket emerged from its mammoth hangar late Tuesday night, drawing crowds of Kennedy Space Center workers, many of whom were not yet born when NASA sent astronauts to the moon a half ...
If all goes well with Artemis 1, NASA plans to launch a second SLS rocket in late 2024 to boost four astronauts on a looping free-return trajectory around the moon before landing the first woman ...
NASA plans to test launch its newest rocket — one it hopes will eventually take astronauts back to the moon. But the rocket's big price tag has some critics skeptical about its future.
NASA is finally set to launch its new mega-rocket, shooting an Orion spaceship designed for astronauts around the moon, on Wednesday at 1:04 a.m. ET. In a bid to return astronauts to the lunar ...
NASA’s big moon rocket rolled out to the launching pad for the third time — and it actually is slated to launch to the moon. For once, NASA is ahead of schedule.
U.S. astronaut Stanley Glen Love speaks to members of the media after the launch of the Artemis I unmanned lunar rocket was postponed at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. on Aug. 29,… ...
PRETTY GOOD AND THE LAUNCH IS ON SCHEDULE. NASA IS CALLING IT A MILESTONE. THEIR MARS PROGRAM, THE MASSIVE ROCKET IS 32 STORIES TALL AND IS SET TO TRAVEL AROUND THE MOON AND BACK WITHOUT A CREW ON ...