The gigantic rocket will launch without people on board for its long-delayed debut mission to the moon later this month.
NASA's gigantic Space Launch System moon rocket, topped with an uncrewed astronaut capsule, has begun an hours-long crawl to its launch pad this week ahead of its debut test flight.The Space Launch System rocket will take 11 hours to move from the assembly building to its launch padThe rocket is due to splash back down in the ocean 42 days later
It will be a crucial, long-delayed demonstration trip to the moon for NASA's Artemis program, the United States' multi-billion-dollar effort to return humans to the lunar surface as practice for future missions to Mars. NASA’s next-generation moon rocket, the Space Launch System rocket with its Orion crew capsule perched on top, leaves the Vehicle Assembly Building on a slow-motion journey to its launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. August 16, 2022.Sitting atop the rocket will be NASA's Orion astronaut capsule, built by Lockheed Martin Corp.
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