Invited guests and NASA employees watch as NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is rolled out of the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39B, Tuesday, Aug.
16, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. ( CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA's 32-story moon rocket began its last slow trip to the launch pad Tuesday night before launching the Orion spacecraft to the moon later this month.The Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft exited the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at Kennedy Space Center around 10 p.m., starting the journey on a vehicle known as the Crawler Transporter 2 to Launch Pad 39B, about 4 miles to the east.
The trip takes between 8 and 11 hours as the crawler moves between 1 and 2 mph.HOW TO WATCH THE ARTEMIS 1 LAUNCH ONLINE AND ON FLORIDA'S SPACE COASTArtemis 1 Launch Director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson gave the official "go" to begin the roll on Tuesday.The High Bay 3 doors of the VAB opened Tuesday afternoon to reveal the mobile launcher and crawler inside getting ready for the move.NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop the mobile launcher as it moves up the ramp at Launch Pad 39B, Wednesday, Aug.
17, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. (NASA/Joel Kowsky) The first motion of the massive moon rocket was scheduled to start around 9 p.m.