NASA is on the verge of sending astronauts back toward the Moon for the first time in more than half a century, and that choice is reshaping the rest of its exploration agenda. With Artemis 2 poised to fly before any new human mission to Mars is seriously funded,

NASA rolled its 11 million pound Artemis rocket to the launchpad at the Kennedy Space Center today.

The integrated SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft — which will hold the four astronauts flying the mission — began its hours-long journey from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launc...