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NASA prepares Artemis II rocket for moon launch

NASA's Artemis 2 moon rocket arrives back at the launch pad

NASA's SLS rocket is back at the launch pad as the space agency gears up to launch Artemis 2 astronauts on a mission around the moon next month.

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NASA Artemis II: Rocket to begin slow move to launch pad; watch live

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NASA Hauls Its Repaired Moon Rocket From the Hangar Back to the Pad for an Early April Launch

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NASA’s Artemis II Rocket and Orion Spacecraft Return to the Launch Pad

NASA’s Artemis II rocket and Orion spacecraft are back on the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center after an 11-hour rollout from the Vehicle Assembly Building

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Nasa readies Artemis rocket for launch ahead of first Moon mission in 50 years

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Nasa prepares Artemis II rocket for moon launch after delay

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Artemis II rocket rolling to launchpad for NASA moon mission: When is launch date?

NASA is targeting April 1 as the earliest possible launch of the rocket sending NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, along with CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy...

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Artemis II: How to watch NASA move its Moon rocket to launch pad live

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Artemis II rocket rolls out to KSC launch pad

Ready to roll again, NASA’s workhorse crawler has been hauling rockets since Apollo

When he’s not at work, Sam Dove drives a Chevy Silverado 1500. Dove gets to drive the crawler-transporter 2 (CT-2), which was one of two tracked vehicles originally designed to haul the Saturn V

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Why Artemis II relies on a 1960s-built vehicle to reach the launch pad

NASA’s Artemis II mission relies on the 1960s-built Crawler-Transporter 2 to move the rocket and mobile launcher safely 4.2 miles from assembly to launch pad at Kennedy Space Center.

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How a 1960s megastructure is carrying NASA back to the moon

In the early hours of Friday, March 20, Artemis II began its return to the launchpad—following a rollback for helium system fixes and other checks with the spotlight once again on NASA’s towering Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the astronauts preparing for humanity’s next journey around the Moon.

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How do you move a big rocket like Artemis? NASA's crawler-transporter

How do you safely move a 5.75 million-pound, 322-foot-high rocket more than 4 miles from the assembly building to the launch pad and back? Flag down the Crawler-Transporter 2, or CT-2, the slow-moving but mighty transport platform that’s been hauling ...

NASA's Crawler-Transporter 2 does the heavy lifting in Artemis II

NASA's Crawler-Transporter vehicle, originally built to move Apollo-era Saturn V rockets to the launch pad, has been beefed up to transport Artemis.

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These Are The Massive Diesel Engines That Move NASA's 6.6-Million-Pound Crawler-Transporter

The largest and heaviest self-propelled ground vehicle on the planet, per Guinness, sits at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Creatively dubbed Crawler-Transporter 2, this monstrosity is the size of a baseball diamond, and while it's over 50 years ...

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NASA's Artemis II Rocket Is Making A Slow And Steady Trek Before Take Off

The Space Launch System rocket and Orion Spacecraft roll out on the CT-2 during the Artemis I mission. - NASA NASA is getting ready to send astronauts beyond Earth's orbit for the first time in decades. On track to launch its Artemis II mission as early as ...