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NASA's Artemis mission begins as mega-rocket is rolled onto launch pad | Full coverage
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5:06:01Now PlayingWatch live NASA coverage as the integrated SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft for the Artemis II mission makes its way on to the launch pad.
From midday GMT NASA aims to begin the multi-hour trek from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre in Florida.
This is ahead of the upcoming 10-day crewed test flight around the Moon - The first rocket to fly astronauts around the moon for the first time since 1972.
At 1400, NASA dministrator Jared Isaacman and the Artemis II crew, including NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, will answer questions about their preparations and the mission for media in-person at the countdown clock.
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