NASA will roll Artemis 2 moon rocket
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Built in the 1906s, NASA’s crawler transporter has carried Saturn V rockets for Apollo, Space Shuttles and is now a key part of getting moon-bound Artemis to the launch pad.
100 years after Robert Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket, NASA is preparing a return to the moon with the Artemis program.
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman announced significant changes to the agency's Artemis program, which aims to land on the moon in 2028.
Artemis II has been plagued by similar issues to those faced by its predecessor, leading NASA to shake up its plan to return humans to the Moon.
NASA’s planetary science program is still facing a funding shortfall that requires “strategic choices” about which missions to continue.
The Artemis program plans to return Americans to the moon’s surface for the first time since the Apollo era ended in 1972.
A full moon is seen shining over NASA's SLS (Space Launch System) and Orion spacecraft, atop the mobile launcher in the early hours of February 1, 2026. For 53 years, since the end of the Apollo program, humans have only felt the pull of the Earth's gravity.
Top engineers and technologists from the private sector can apply to work at NASA for roughly two-year terms in support of America’s space program. NASA Force, launched Wednesday in partnership with the Office of Personnel Management,