That was the top speed NASA’s rocket for the Artemis II mission was able to hit during its ride atop the massive crawler that inched out of Kennedy Space Center’s Vehicle Assembly Building on its way Launch Pad 39-B.

NASA's towering SLS rocket that will help propel four astronauts on a historic journey around the moon is now visible at the launch pad in Florida.

NASA’s Moon rocket has made it to its launchpad. On Saturday, the towering assembly — comprising the enormous Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and a new Orion spacecraft — rode atop a behemoth moving platform called a crawler-transporter,

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More than 700,000 gallons of super-cold propellants must flow through NASA’s new moon rocket in a full-up fueling rehearsal before anyone can confidently circle a date on the calendar. This is the reality that exists behind the spectacular sight of NASA’s 322-foot Space Launch System,

NASA’s Artemis II Moon rocket is now at the launch pad, setting the stage for final prelaunch tests. The mission will send astronauts around the Moon and help pave the way for future lunar and Mars exploration.

NASA officials are just weeks away from sending astronauts on a new mission around the Moon. The Artemis II rocket is undergoing final tests and checks, and reporter Esther Bower has more.

We’re weeks away from a historic return to the moon for the first time in more than 50 years. The Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft made the slow 12-hour journey to Launch Complex 39B on Saturday.