NASA's ambitious Artemis 1 moon mission is go to return to the pad, one last time, ahead of launch.
The Artemis 1 stack will make the roughly 4-mile (6.4 kilometers) journey from Kennedy Space Center's Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Complex 39B on Aug. 18, NASA confirmed on Friday (Aug. 5). The rollout will keep Artemis 1 on track to launch on a weeks-long uncrewed journey around the moon no earlier than Aug. 29.
Artemis 1 will put the Space Launch System (SLS) megarocket and Orion spacecraft through their paces to ensure reliability ahead of astronauts taking a similar ride a few years from now - some making it all the way to the lunar surface, if NASA's plans come to fruition.
Officials expect as many as 100,000 people will be on hand for the launch. Hotel rooms are sold out for 30 miles in every direction.
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