The mobile launcher for a big moon mission got all wet in a big test on Tuesday (Oct. 24). "During liftoff, 400,000 gallons (1.5 million liters) of water will rush onto the pad to help protect ...

3.5K. As construction begins to assemble the Mobile Launcher-2 (ML-2) for Artemis IV, Mobile Launcher-1 (ML-1) secured its position once again back on top of Launch Complex 39B for pad validation ...

An artist's rendering of crawler-transporter 2. Credit: NASA/David Zeiters CAPE CANAVERAL—NASA’s plan to build a second mobile launcher for its upgraded Space Launch System (SLS) rocket will ...

Mobile launcher 1, carried by the crawler-transporter 2, rolls out from its park site location to Launch Pad 39-B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Aug. 16, 2023. (NASA/Ben Smegelsky) ...

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — A vital piece of equipment that will help astronauts return to the moon is now sitting on a launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center. NASA crews will put Mobile Launcher-1 ...

NASA’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a scathing report on the space agency’s second mobile launcher (ML-2) for its Moon rocket, which could cost $2.2 billion more than originally ...

NASA conducted a water deluge test Oct. 24 to evaluate how well its water system will protect its hardware and astronauts during the launch of the round-the-moon Artemis 2 mission in 2024.

NASA’s Artemis program has one tower standing and one just getting started. Mobile launcher 1 (ML-1), which endured some significant damage after its use on the Artemis I mission last November ...