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NASA targets April 1 launch for first crewed moon mission since Apollo

NASA is targeting an April 1 launch for Artemis II, its first crewed mission around the moon since Apollo, following a successful flight readiness review.

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NASA's mega-crawler to move Artemis II moon rocket to launch pad in Florida

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Pictures: Behind the scenes of NASA crawler that gets Artemis to the launch pad

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NASA moves Artemis 2 rocket back to launch pad ahead of moon mission

About two weeks ahead of the next possible launch window, NASA said on Friday that it has moved the rocket system for its delayed Artemis 2 lunar mission back to the launch pad.

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NASA moving Artemis II back onto launchpad after moon mission delays

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Nasa readies Artemis rocket for launch ahead of first Moon mission in 50 years

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Artemis II rocket rolling to launchpad for NASA moon mission: When is launch date?

NASA is targeting April 1 as the earliest possible launch of the rocket sending NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, along with CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy...

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NASA's Artemis II SLS rocket rolls out to KSC pad ahead of moon mission

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NASA's Artemis II rocket rolls to launch pad in final bid to meet April deadline

Ready to roll again, NASA’s workhorse crawler has been hauling rockets since Apollo

When he’s not at work, Sam Dove drives a Chevy Silverado 1500. Dove gets to drive the crawler-transporter 2 (CT-2), which was one of two tracked vehicles originally designed to haul the Saturn V

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NASA's secret plan to rescue astronauts if the Apollo moon landings went wrong

NASA had a contingency plan in case Apollo astronauts were stranded near the Moon, but it was far stranger and riskier than you might expect.

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NASA revamps Artemis moon landing program by modeling it after speedy Apollo

NASA said Friday it’s revamping its Artemis moon exploration program to make it more like the fast-paced Apollo program half a century ago, adding an extra practice flight before attempting a high-risk lunar landing with a crew in two years. The overhaul ...

Artemis II: NASA is preparing for a return to the moon, but why is it going back?

NASA's Artemis II mission is sending humans back to the moon for the first time since the Apollo era. Here are the reasons why the U.S. wants to return.

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NASA's first crewed mission to the moon since Apollo targeted for April launch

NASA has set a new April 1 launch target for Artemis II, the first crewed mission to the moon in more than 50 years.

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NASA is sending Artemis II to the moon. Here’s what to know

A full moon is seen shining over NASA's SLS (Space Launch System) and Orion spacecraft, atop the mobile launcher in the early hours of February 1, 2026. For 53 years, since the end of the Apollo program, humans have only felt the pull of the Earth's gravity.