The Artemis 1 rocket arrived at the pad at 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday, August 17th. The sun rises and sets at 1130GMT.
The Artemis 1 moon rocket headed back to the launch pad Tuesday night to take a step closer to a landmark lunar mission.
Artemis 1 is an uncrewed test flight of the Space Launch System megarocket, and it began its journey to the Kennedy Space Center at about 10 pm. On Wednesday, August 17th, at 0200GMT.
It will take as long as 11 hours for the rocket to move from the Vehicle Assembly Building to another location. The journey to Launch Pad 39B takes about 1 to 2 miles an hour and can take up to 2.2 km/h.
You can watch it live on the NASA website, NASA TV and the NASA app. At 3 p.m., NASA began its online broadcast. The sun goes down at 1900GMT.
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The rocket was going to be brought out two days early. The final major activity required until the rocket was closed out and the final access platforms at the VAB were removed was flight terminated system testing.
The roll out is expected to last between 8 and 11 hours depending on the weather and road conditions.
The image is the first of three.
The image is from NASA.
The Artemis 1 stack is located at the Kennedy Space Center.
The image is from NASA.
The water reflected in this long-range view is from the launch pad of Artemis 1
The image is from NASA.
The launch of the Artemis 1 took place in August of 2022.
A test of the vehicle's system for future human missions will take place after the blastoff of the uncrewed mission on August 29th. The science and other tech on the mission will be shown in a number of different ways.
NASA hopes to send an Artemis 2 mission to the moon with people on board, as well as a landing mission, Artemis 3, in 25 years.
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