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NASA Rocket Ready for Lunar Mission: New Era of Space Exploration

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By Anika Shah - Technology Updated January 18, 2026

NASA Rocket Ready for Lunar Mission: New Era of Space Exploration

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GenPI.co – NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, designed to take humans back to the moon as part of the Artemis program, is undergoing preparations for its launch.

The SLS rocket began its slow, 4.2-mile (6.8 km) journey from the Vehicle assembly Building (VAB) to Launch complex 39B at the kennedy Space Center on March 4, 2024. This marks a crucial step towards the artemis II mission, the first crewed flight around the Moon in over 50 years.

Currently, the target launch date for Artemis II is September 2025, though delays are possible.

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The 98-meter-tall SLS rocket, traveling at approximately 1 mile per hour (1.6 km/h), was rolled out using a crawler-transporter, modernized from the Apollo era to

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