The Path to the Moon - Artemis II Rollout from VAB to Launchpad: On January 17, 2026, NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the Orion spacecraft emerged from the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center. This marks a definitive milestone for the Artemis II mission, the first crewed flight to the lunar vicinity in over half a century. Carried by the massive Crawler-Transporter 2, the 322-foot-tall vehicle completed its four-mile journey to Launch Pad 39B. The move, while slow,

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NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration just rolled out the Space Launch System (SLS), an 11-million-pound rocket built to return humans to the moon. 🚀🌕 This powerful launch vehicle will carry the Artemis II mission, sending four astronauts around the Moon and beyond Earth orbit for the first time since Apollo 17. It took 12 hours to move the rocket just four miles to the launch pad. With over 8.8 million pounds of thrust at liftoff, the SLS is NASA’s most powerful rocket to date.

How are we building NASA's Space Launch System, the world's most powerful rocket? There are no small steps. Learn about the core stage, flight computers, rocket fuel and launching to the Moon and Mars in this video series from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center: https://go.nasa.gov/2LDdS1v #NASAatHome | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration