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NASA moves moon rocket to launch pad

NASA’s New Moon Rocket Moves to the Pad Ahead of Astronaut Launch as Early as February

NASA’s giant new moon rocket moved to the launch pad Saturday in preparation for astronauts’ first lunar fly-around in more than half a century.

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

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NASA rolls Artemis 2 rocket to the pad ahead of historic moon launch

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4 astronauts will soon take an unprecedented path to the moon. But why aren’t they landing?

The spacecraft that could soon carry four people on a historic lunar mission, NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion capsule, will take center stage Saturday, making an hours-long journey f...

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Nasa's Artemis II to carry astronauts near Moon after five decades

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NASA’s Rocket Rolls To Launch Pad As Countdown Begins For First Crewed Moon Mission In 50 Years

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NASA's Artemis II Mission launch confirmed for 6th February; Here's everything you need to know

This mission will carry astronauts around the Moon for the first time in decades.

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NASA’s Giant Rocket Completes Slow Roll Toward Artemis II Moon Voyage

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Explained: Why Artemis II will carry astronauts to the moon, but not land

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Jan. 16, 2003: Space Shuttle Columbia's final launch

On Jan. 16, 2003, Space Shuttle Columbia launched on its 28th mission, STS-107. NASA had five additional space shuttle missions planned for 2003, but STS-107 was the only one focused on scientific research;

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NASA Chief: Final Shuttle Launch Begins New Era

When the space shuttle Atlantis blasts off on Friday, it will mark the final NASA shuttle mission ever. But the shuttering of the 30-year-old program isn’t the end of American space exploration — in fact, according to NASA Administrator Charles Bolden ...

SpaceX knocks out 3rd Space Coast launch of 2026; readies for Crew-11 return

SpaceX launched its third mission of the year from the Space Coast on Monday afternoon while preparing for the early return later this week of Crew-11 from the International Space Station.

SpaceX Crew-11 back on Earth after NASA’s 1st medical evacuation

NASA’s first medical evacuation from space went smoothly with the four members of SpaceX Crew-11 splashing down in the Pacific Ocean off the California coast early Thursday after an overnight departure from the International Space Station.

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NASA: Space shuttle replacement won't fly until 2014

NASA has put off the planned launch of its next-generation Orion spacecraft for a year, a setback to efforts to fly a successor to its aging space shuttles, the space agency announced Monday. "September 2014 is when we are saying we will launch the first crew on the Orion,