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Roselyne Min

NASA Artemis II rocket heads to pad for second launch attempt this year

For the second time this year, NASA moved its Moon rocket from the hangar out toward the pad Friday in hopes of launching four astronauts on a lunar fly-around next month.

The 98-meter rocket began the slow 6.4-kilometre trek in the middle of the night, transported atop a massive crawler used since the 1960s Apollo era. It was expected to take 12 hours. The trip was held up for several hours by high winds.

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