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NASA rolls Artemis 2 moon rocket to launch pad | Space photo of the day for Jan. 19, 2025

Since the end of the Apollo program in 1972, NASA has been looking for ways to return back to the moon. In 2022, the space agency launched the Artemis 1 moon mission, an uncrewed spacecraft that laid the foundations for the missions coming after it.

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NASA’s Artemis II rocket rolls to launch pad, but key test looms ahead

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NASA's new moon rocket moves to the pad ahead of astronaut launch as early as February

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NASA Unveils Artemis II Spacecraft for Crewed Moon Orbit

NASA has unveiled its Artemis II spacecraft, Orion, which will soon carry a crew into orbit around the moon.

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NASA's Artemis II mission clears big hurdle, rolling out to launchpad

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NASA rolls out giant rocket ahead of astronauts’ moon mission

321 Launch: Space news you may have missed over the past week (Jan. 19)

Slowed by four main parachutes in predawn darkness, the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft descended and splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, Jan. 15, wrapping up NASA's first-ever astronaut medical evacuation from the International Space Station.

NASA's Artemis II moon crew will see views 'human eyes have not seen'

As they fly around the moon, the four astronauts of NASA's Artemis II will see views never seen by the human eye. Here's how.

Watch Artemis II roll out aboard the heaviest vehicle on Earth

Just moving out the moon-bound rocket to the launch pad was an incredible engineering feat. Watch how NASA got it done.