How do you move a big rocket like Artemis? NASA's crawler-transporter

Rockets like Artemis II are big and heavy. Here's how specialized crawler transporters safely move them from assembly bays to ...

Artemis II moon rocket hauled off launch pad for repairs

Fixing the Space Launch System rocket's helium pressurization problem has pushed the Artemis II launch to at least April 1.
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NASA Adds Mission to Artemis Lunar Program, Updates Architecture

As part of a Golden Age of exploration and discovery, NASA announced Friday the agency is increasing its cadence of missions under the Artemis program to achieve the national objective of returning ...
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NASA sets first crewed moon mission in 54 years as 322-foot rocket reaches pad

On January 17, 2026, at 6:42 p.m. EST, NASA's Space Launch System arrived at Pad 39B after a deliberate 12-hour journey across Kennedy Space Center. The 322-foot rocket, moving at less than one mile ...
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NASA’s Artemis II rocket rolls to the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Humanity’s return to the moon began Saturday morning before dawn at less than 1 mph. That was the top speed ...
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Watch: Nasa removes giant Artemis-II moon rocket from the launch pad for repairs

The unexpected glitch and the consequent rollback has ruled out the March 6 launch window that Nasa had initially set. The space agency now hopes to keep the April 2026 opportunities open, starting as ...
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These Are The Massive Diesel Engines That Move NASA's 6.6-Million-Pound Crawler-Transporter

The largest and heaviest self-propelled ground vehicle on the planet, per Guinness, sits at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Creatively dubbed Crawler-Transporter 2, this monstrosity is the ...