NASA rolls out Artemis II Moon Rocket to launchpad |
New Delhi: NASA has rolled out the Artemis II rocket to Launch Pad 39B. The journey by the ‘crawler’ from the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) to the launch pad took place over a course of 12 hours, moving at 1.3 kmph to cross a distance of 6.4 km. After exiting the high-bay doors of the VAB, the rocket paused while teams repositioned the crew access arm, which is a bridge that provides astronauts and closeout crew access to the Orion Crew Capsule nested on top of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. Over the next few days, engineers and technicians will prepare the Artemis II........