NASA's new moon rocket moves to the pad ahead of astronaut launch as early as February
KSL.com • • science
Key Points:
- NASA's new Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, standing 322 feet tall and weighing 11 million pounds, was moved to the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center in preparation for the first crewed lunar fly-around mission in over 50 years, potentially launching as early as February.
- The mission will carry four astronauts—Reid Wiseman (commander), Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen—on a 10-day trip around the moon, marking the first human lunar journey since Apollo 17 in 1972.
- This flight will not include a lunar landing or orbit but serves as a critical step toward future Artemis missions aimed at landing astronauts on the moon in the coming years.
- NASA postponed the
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