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NASA Artemis II launch date pushed back

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

NASA moved the rocket slated to carry four astronauts around the moon to the launch pad on Saturday, a key step as the Artemis II moon mission nears.

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NASA moving forward with Artemis II launch to moon — potentially in February

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NASA’s Artemis II reaches the launch pad and the countdown to the Moon begins

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NASA delays Artemis II Moon mission, launch plan revised: Here's what changed and why

NASA has announced a brief delay in the timeline of its Artemis II Moon mission, revising the launch schedule for the landmark flight.

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Launch Of NASA's Artemis II Moon Mission Delayed After Freezing Conditions Hit Florida

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Artemis II prepares for launch in early February, marking the first crewed mission towards the moon since Apollo 17.

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NASA sets first crewed moon mission in 54 years as 322-foot rocket reaches pad

On January 17, 2026, at 6:42 p.m. EST, NASA's Space Launch System arrived at Pad 39B after a deliberate 12-hour journey across Kennedy Space Center. The 322-foot rocket, moving at less than one mile per hour atop a massive crawler-transporter,

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Artemis 2: Next steps for NASA's moon rocket after historic roll to pad

A successful tanking test will be 'the driver to launch.'

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NASA’s Crawler Preps for Artemis II Rollout

NASA’s Crawler-transporter 2 moves toward the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. The crawler will transport NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket with the Orion spacecraft to Launch Complex 39B ahead of the Artemis II launch which will journey Commander Reid Wiseman,

NASA Prepares Its First Crewed Moon Orbit in Over 50 Years

NASA says America’s push back to the Moon is accelerating, with Artemis II poised to launch a new era of U.S. space leadership.

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NASA prepares Artemis II for rollout ahead of crewed moon mission

January 17th is the projected rollout for Artemis II, bringing us one more step closer to returning to the moon.

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NASA prepares to rollout moon rocket ahead of Artemis II mission

NASA is preparing to roll the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, topped by the Orion spacecraft, from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Complex 39B at Kennedy Space Center on Saturday. The 4.2-mile journey is expected to take up to 12 hours,.