WATCH LIVE: NASA’s Artemis I Moon Rocket Arrives at Launch Pad Ahead of Tanking Test

arrived at LC 39B after eight-hour journey ahead of next wet dress rehearsal attempt June 19

WATCH LIVE: At approximately 8:20 a.m. EDT on June 6, NASA’s Artemis I Moon rocket arrived at the spaceport’s launch complex 39B after an eight-hour journey ahead of the next wet dress rehearsal attempt.  

BREVARD COUNTY • KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLORIDA – The NASA Artemis 1 Moon mission is back at the launch pad. At approximately 12:10 a.m. EDT on June 6, NASA’s Artemis I Moon rocket began its journey from Kennedy Space Center’s Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB).

Poised atop its crawler transporter, the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft made the 4-mile journey to launch pad 39B to undergo the next wet dress rehearsal test attempt.

At approximately 8:20 a.m. EDT, NASA’s Artemis I Moon rocket arrived at the spaceport’s launch complex 39B after an eight-hour journey ahead of the next wet dress rehearsal attempt.

Teams will work to secure the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft and mobile launcher to ground support equipment at the launch pad and ensure that the rocket is in a safe configuration in preparation of the upcoming tanking test.

NASA is streaming a live view of the rocket and spacecraft at the pad on the Kennedy Newsroom YouTube channel, which can be seen above.

The Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft stack and ground systems now await another attempt to fuel the rocket and simulate a launch countdown for a critical series of tests known as a wet dress rehearsal, which is expected to begin on June 19.

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