NASA preparing to launch Artemis II flight around moon
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NASA's powerful Launch Abort System, designed to outrun an exploding rocket, is the result of years of work from scientists and engineers across the country, including in Southern California's Mojave Desert.
Forecasters reveal the chance of poor weather that could delay the planned Artemis II launch planned for Wednesday evening.
NASA's "quiet" supersonic X-59 jet took to the skies for the second time ever on Friday (March 20), but it didn't stay up for long.
NASA’s X-59 returned early from its second test flight after a return-to-base call as the pilot and aircraft landed safely at Edwards Air Force base in California.
On March 28, 1963 NASA launched the first stage booster of its new Saturn 1 rocket on a fourth and final test flight. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com] This uncrewed suborbital flight helped pave the way for astronauts to launch to the moon.