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NASA will roll Artemis 2 moon rocket out to the launch pad

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

NASA's Crawler-Transporter 2 is tasked with moving the Artemis II rocket for the upcoming moon mission.

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

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Artemis II rollout: How to watch Nasa move its Moon rocket to the launch pad

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

NASA began rolling the Artemis II rocket and Orion spacecraft to the launchpad shortly after midnight Friday Eastern Time in anticipation of a launch in early April.

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NASA moving Artemis II back onto launchpad after moon mission delays

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NASA Artemis II rocket heads to pad for second launch attempt this year

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Artemis II rocket rolls out to KSC launch pad

Dr. Addie Dove, a planetary scientist at the University of Central Florida, joins Good Day Orlando to talk about the importance of the mission.

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Repaired Artemis II rocket returns to launch pad

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

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Why Artemis II relies on a 1960s-built vehicle to reach the launch pad

NASA’s Artemis II mission relies on the 1960s-built Crawler-Transporter 2 to move the rocket and mobile launcher safely 4.2 miles from assembly to launch pad at Kennedy Space Center.

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How a 1960s megastructure is carrying NASA back to the moon

In the early hours of Friday, March 20, Artemis II began its return to the launchpad—following a rollback for helium system fixes and other checks with the spotlight once again on NASA’s towering Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the astronauts preparing for humanity’s next journey around the Moon.

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

How do you safely move a 5.75 million-pound, 322-foot-high rocket more than 4 miles from the assembly building to the launch pad and back? Flag down the Crawler-Transporter 2, or CT-2, the slow-moving but mighty transport platform that’s been hauling ...