NASA prepares Artemis II moon mission with fully stacked SLS and Orion at KSC
TL;DR
NASA has completed stacking its SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft at Kennedy Space Center for the Artemis II mission, which aims to send four astronauts around the moon as early as February, marking a significant step toward returning humans to the lunar surface and paving the way for future Artemis missions.
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