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NASA's Artemis 1 moon megarocket rolls out to the launch pad today and you can watch it live
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NASA's Artemis 1 moon megarocket rolls out to the launch pad today and you can watch it live

The first mission in NASA's Artemis moon program is set to roll out to the launch pad today (March 17).

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — The first mission in NASA's Artemis moon program is set to roll out to the launch pad today (March 17).

More than 50 years after NASA landed the first humans on the moon with Apollo 11, the agency is gearing up to launch its next human lunar missions as part of the Artemis program. And the program's first mission, Artemis 1, will take a big step toward launch today, when the mission's rocket and spacecraft will roll out to the launch pad.

Ahead of the Artemis 1 launch, which is expected no sooner than May, NASA is rolling its Space Launch System (SLS) megarocket and Orion spacecraft on the giant crawler-transporter 2 (CT-2) to Pad 39B at the agency's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) here on Florida's Space Coast.

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To watch the rollout, you can tune in live right here at Space.com at 5 p.m. EDT (2100 GMT) when the crawler makes its first move. You can also tune in directly at NASA TV. The live coverage will include live commentary from guests, including NASA Administrator Bill Nelson.