
A sunrise at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida casts an orange glow around the agency’s Artemis I Moon rocket as it travels to Launch Complex 39B on June 6, 2022. The rocket rolled out of the Vehicle Assembly Building in the early morning hours to travel the 4.2 miles to the launch pad for NASA’s next wet dress rehearsal attempt ahead of the Artemis I launch. The first in an increasingly complex series of missions, Artemis I will test the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft as an integrated system prior to crewed flights to the Moon. Through Artemis, NASA will land the first woman and first person of color on the lunar surface, paving the way for a long-term lunar presence and using the Moon as a steppingstone before venturing to Mars.
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KSC-20220606-PH-JBS02_0064
Date Created
June 6, 2022
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KSC
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Photographer
NASA/Ben Smegelsky
Location
KSC; LC 39B
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