NASA set to take stations for moon rocket fueling test
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If the countdown and fueling test go well, four astronauts will set their sights on a Super Bowl Sunday launch to the moon.
NASA is providing a 24/7 live feed of the Space Launch System rocket on the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The rocket is about to traverse four miles to the launchpad — at about 1 mph.
NASA has officially started the clock on one of the most important milestones remaining before the Artemis 2 mission.
NASA has been forced to delay a critical fueling test for its Artemis 2 moon rocket due to unusually cold weather forecasted to hit the Space Coast this weekend.
American space agency NASA said it fixed one of the RS-25 engines that was supposed to be part of the Artemis II mission, will now fly on Artemis IV.
NASA is getting ready to launch its massive, fully expendable rocket for the first crewed flight to the Moon since Apollo. The agency’s new era of spaceflight comes with a few parts from its past, specifically three rocket engines that have previously flown on space shuttle missions.
The Artemis 2 mission is taking significant strides towards its goal of sending astronauts to the moon, with NASA engineers recently powering up the core stage of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. This crucial development sets the stage for a series of tests and preparations that could lead to a historic launch later this month.