Artemis 2 Moon Mission Advances: Rocket Rolled to Pad for Crewed Launch

NASA rolled the Artemis 2 rocket from Kennedy Space Center’s Vehicle Assembly Building to the launch pad at Cape Canaveral as the four-person crewed mission moves toward liftoff. The Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft will carry Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Canada’s Jeremy Hansen on a roughly 10-day lunar loop, marking the first crewed lunar excursion in the Artemis era. This rollout shifts the project into the launch campaign phase, with teams wiring and testing the integrated vehicle at the pad and planning a wet dress rehearsal around February 2 ahead of a potential February launch.