NASA, Artemis and Moon
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A successful tanking test will be 'the driver to launch.'
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 per hour atop a massive crawler-transporter,
NASA is planning the roll out of its Artemis II rocket in advance of the coming launch window, with the mission kicking off in the months to come.
NASA says America’s push back to the Moon is accelerating, with Artemis II poised to launch a new era of U.S. space leadership.