Artemis 2 moon rocket rolls back to the shop | Space photo of the day Feb. 27, 2026

NASA's Artemis 2 SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft roll back to the Vehicle Assembly Building on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida (Image credit: NASA/John Kraus)

NASA brought its mega moon rocket back into the shop for repairs.

But despite delaying the agency's planned Artemis 2 mission that aims to send four astronauts to the moon and back sometime this year, the rollback of the Space Launch System rocket (SLS) at least made for some gorgeous sunset photography, as this photo from John Kraus shows.