NASA shakes up moon program with new test mission before astronaut lunar landing

2026-02-28 - 09:13

NASA's next-generation moon rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion crew capsule, rolls from its launch pad back to the Vehicle Assembly Building for repairs ahead of the Artemis II mission launch at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, the United States, on Feb. 25, 2026. Launch is scheduled no earlier than April 1, 2026.