NASA hauls repaired moon rocket from hangar back to the pad for an early April launch

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — For the second time this year, NASA moved its moon rocket from the hangar out toward the pad Friday in hopes of launching four astronauts on a lunar fly-around next month. If the latest repairs work and everything else goes NASA’s way, the Space Launch System could blast off as early … Read more

NASA hauls moon rocket off launch pad to fix another launch-delaying malfunction

NASA hauled its Artemis II moon rocket off its seaside pad Wednesday for a slow trip back to a processing facility to track down and fix a helium pressurization problem that delayed launch of four astronauts on a flight around the moon from this month to at least April 1. A 6.6-million-pound Apollo-era crawler-transporter rolled … Read more