Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Blink and you’ll miss it: 11 hours of rolling out our Moon rocket in less than 60 seconds.
At 11:21 a.m. EDT, our @NASAArtemis II rocket and Orion spacecraft reached Launch Pad 39B after a 4‑mile journey from @NASAKennedy’s Vehicle Assembly Building. Traveling at a maximum speed of just 0.82 mph, our crawler-transporter 2 carried the 322‑foot‑tall Moon rocket slowly and steadily to the launch pad.
Credit: NASA/Brandon Hancock
Next, teams are getting ready for the final checks before four astronauts launch on a journey around the Moon as early as Wednesday, April 1. The April launch window includes opportunities through Monday, April 6, as well as Thursday, April 30.
Blink and you’ll miss it: 11 hours of rolling out our Moon rocket in less than 60 seconds.
At 11:21 a.m. EDT, our @NASAArtemis II rocket and Orion spacecraft reached Launch Pad 39B after a 4‑mile journey from @NASAKennedy’s Vehicle Assembly Building. Traveling at a maximum speed of just 0.82 mph, our crawler-transporter 2 carried the 322‑foot‑tall Moon rocket slowly and steadily to the launch pad.
Credit: NASA/Brandon Hancock
Next, teams are getting ready for the final checks before four astronauts launch on a journey around the Moon as early as Wednesday, April 1. The April launch window includes opportunities through Monday, April 6, as well as Thursday, April 30.
