Watch NASA's massive Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft roll out to Launch Pad 39B on January 17th, 2026, in this detailed update ahead of the historic Artemis II mission — the first crewed flight to the Moon since Apollo 17 in 1972. To watch the full video on our BREAKINGspace channel, check out the link in the comments below! 👇 | NASASpaceflight.com

NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration just rolled out the Space Launch System (SLS), an 11-million-pound rocket built to return humans to the moon. 🚀🌕 This powerful launch vehicle will carry the Artemis II mission, sending four astronauts around the Moon and beyond Earth orbit for the first time since Apollo 17. It took 12 hours to move the rocket just four miles to the launch pad. With over 8.8 million pounds of thrust at liftoff, the SLS is NASA’s most powerful rocket to date.