NASA to roll its moon rocket back to the launchpad after repairs, aiming for April 1 liftoff
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NASA plans to roll its huge moon rocket back to the launch pad on Thursday evening, setting the stage for four astronauts to circle the moon.
NASA plans to roll its huge moon rocket back to the launchpad at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center on Thursday evening, setting the stage for four astronauts’ much-anticipated journey around the moon.
The 322-foot-tall Space Launch System rocket, topped with the Orion capsule, will launch the crew on a 10-day trip as early as April 1. But first, the rocket and spacecraft must make a painstakingly slow, 4-mile trek from the hangar to the launchpad.
The journey is set to begin at 8 p.m. ET and will likely wrap up around 12 hours later.
It’s the second rollout process for the 11-million-pound rocket. It was first rolled to the launchpad in mid-January, but several weeks ago, engineers found a blockage in the flow of helium that required NASA to roll the rocket back to its Vehicle Assembly Building for repairs.
The vehicle's return to the launchpad will involve a moving platform known as a crawler-transporter, which will inch along at a pace of around 1 mile per hour.
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