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Superheavy, so i think were in for some exciting years ahead of us >> theres the private money that you mentioned and the public money and there of course has been some criticism over the fact that this has been, has come with a really big, lofty price. the first three flights of the sls rocket will cost $4.1 billion each, so what do you say to folks about whether this is money well spent or whether it really is going to take a collaboration with private companies in order to keep this going? >>...

We have not seen a rocket like this launched since saturn 5 in the 50s and 60s. its going to lift off from the launch pad. youre going to feel it in your bones, hear that stoppic boom. the sls rocket will separate from the orion crew capsule which is where in feature missions the astronaut will be. then well watch this 42-day mission to the orbit of the moon. its going to orbit the moon for about two weeks. its going to travel farther than any spacecraft designed to carry humans has ever flown. ...

Contractors, people who live and just enjoy launches on the space coast were so sad about it because nasa didnt have a concrete plan or a next vehicle to replace the shuttle. its taken more than a decade to get here. its cost billions of dollars more than expected, but there is such a sense of excitement here that nasa finally has a new rocket designed to carry humans, not just up to space, but all the way to the moon, fredfredri. >> it is exciting. fingers crossed keep that weather good or supe...

Moon. our sights are set clearly on mars. >> reporter: but first, it has to pass this uncrewed test flight with only mannequins on board. artemis won the launch in florida and mission control is at the johnson space center in houston, texas. >> this is apollo control, houston. >> reporter: the same place that controlled every apollo and shuttle mission. >> this is where it happens as far as human space flight. >> reporter: rick is in charge of it all as lead flight director. they have been train...

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- NASA is scheduled to launch its Artemis I mission next week, an uncrewed flight test that will provide a foundation to extend h

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NASA has moved its 322-foot-tall rocket into position for its coming Artemis 1 mission, which will be a journey around the Moon and back to Earth.

The Artemis 1 Space Launch System rocket now being prepared for the first Artemis mission. NASA is getting its new rocket for the first mission of its Artemis program sooner than expected.

NASA will now roll SLS and Orion back to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at Kennedy next week to prepare the rocket and spacecraft for launch, NASA said in a statement late on Friday.

Nasa tried to do it with their sls rocket. so fingers crossed fourth time is the charm here. this is a program that has years delayed and lots of cost overruns. there has been several problems leading up to today, so this is a really critical moment for nasa that this proceeds forward, theyre hoping to have their first test launch of sls later this summer and cannot proceed forward until this wet dress rehearsal goes off smoothly. and then, of course, after that first unprcrude test launch, that...