NASA’s Artemis I Moon Rocket To Roll Out To Launchpad

A significant lunar mission is one step closer after NASA’s Artemis 1 moon rocket returned to the launch pad on Tuesday night, August 19

.Around 10 p.m. EDT, the massive Space Launch System (SLS) megarocket and its Orion spacecraft launched

Artemis 1, an unmanned test mission, to a launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center (0200 GMT Wednesday, Aug. 17).

From the KSC’s Vehicle Assembly Building, the Orion, which is loaded atop the rocket, started its 11-hour voyage. Approximately 1 to 2 mile