NASA’s Artemis I Moon rocket – carried atop the crawler-transporter 2 – prepares to roll past the iconic countdown clock at the NASA News Center on its way to Launch Complex 39B on June 6, 2022, at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The rocket is traveling to the launch pad for NASA’s next wet dress rehearsal attempt ahead of the Artemis I launch. The first in an increasingly complex series of missions, Artemis I will test the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft as an integrated system prior to crewed flights to the Moon. Through Artemis, NASA will land the first woman a
NASA’s Artemis I Moon rocket – carried atop the crawler-transporter 2 – prepares to roll past the iconic countdown clock at the NASA News Center on its way to Launch Complex 39B on June 6, 2022, at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The rocket is traveling to the launch pad for NASA’s next wet dress rehearsal attempt ahead of the Artemis I launch. The first in an increasingly complex series of missions, Artemis I will test the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft as an integrated system prior to crewed flights to the Moon. Through Artemis, NASA will land the first woman and first person of color on the lunar surface, paving the way for a long-term lunar presence and using the Moon as a steppingstone before venturing to Mars.
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