NASA’s Artemis II moon rocket moves to launch pad
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Depending on the timing, NASA could launch a fresh crew to the space station while four other astronauts are flying around the moon.
Four astronauts are about to become the first humans to venture near the moon in more than half a century since NASA's iconic Apollo era ended.
NASA's Artemis moon mission is one step closer to liftoff as the agency will roll out the Artemis 2 Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft that will eventually take four humans back to the moon for the first time since the 1972.