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Why Artemis II relies on a 1960s-built vehicle to reach the launch pad

NASA’s Artemis II mission relies on the 1960s-built Crawler-Transporter 2 to move the rocket and mobile launcher safely 4.2 miles from assembly to launch pad at Kennedy Space Center.
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NASA's Artemis program relies on technology that just turned 100 years old

100 years after Robert Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket, NASA is preparing a return to the moon with the ...

The first modern rocket launched 100 years ago, beginning a century of both innovations and challenges for spaceflight

Apollo 11 first landed astronauts on the Moon in 1969, but the journey to the lunar surface actually began 43 years before, ...
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2 seconds that changed the world — The 1st liquid-fueled rocket launched 100 years ago today

Robert Goddard launched the 1st liquid-fueled rocket 100 years ago today.

A century after the first rocket launch, Ars staffers pick their favorites

Nevertheless, this rocket, named “Nell,” represented a historic achievement that would help launch the modern age of ...