Embarking from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the 11 million-pound (5 million kilograms) stack will be transported at a speed of about 1 mph (1.6 km/h along a 4-mile (6.4 kilometers) route — a journey that will take up to 12 hours and be streamed live on NASA's Youtube channel.

Depending on the timing, NASA could launch a fresh crew to the space station while four other astronauts are flying around the moon.

Since its founding in 1958, NASA has occupied a special place in the American imagination. With immense successes such as the Apollo program and the Hubble

There are many great things about to unfold in 2026, in many fields of human activity, but for space exploration enthusiasts, next year's highlight will undoubtedly be the launch of the Artemis II mission to the Moon, the first of NASA's new program to fly ...