NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop a mobile launcher at Launch Pad 39B, Wednesday, Aug.
17, 2022, after being rolled out to the launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. (NASA/Joel Kowsky CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA managers have given the Space Launch System moon rocket the green light to move ahead with launching for the first time from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Artemis program management met Monday at KSC for the flight readiness review to go over every element of the SLS and uncrewed Orion spacecraft mission known as Artemis I.
After a full day, no one objected to moving forward with the first launch of the massive 322-foot-tall rocket. HOW TO WATCH THE ARTEMIS 1 LAUNCHArtemis I Launch Director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson said the launch "call to stations" happens Saturday.