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NASA's new moon rocket lifts off from Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. This launch is the first flight test of the Artemis program. (AP Photo/Terry Renna)

NASA’s mightiest moon rocket lifts off 50 years after end of Apollo

The Associated Press

Wednesday morning, after years of delays and billions in cost overruns, the Space Launch System rocket thundered skyward, rising from Kennedy Space Center on 8.8 million pounds (4 million kilograms) of thrust and hitting 100 mph (160 kph) within seconds.

NASA's new moon rocket sits on Launch Pad 39-B under stormy skies Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. NASA's 21st-century moon-exploration program, named Artemis after Apollo's mythological twin sister, is scheduled for an early Wednesday morning launch attempt. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

NASA: Moon rocket endured hurricane, set for 1st test flight

The Associated Press

“Right now, there’s nothing preventing us” from attempting a launch on Wednesday, said NASA’s Jim Free, an associate administrator.

NASA's new moon rocket is illuminated by xenon lights as she sits on Launch Pad 39-B hours ahead of a planned launch at the Kennedy Space Center Saturday in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The flight was scrubbed after the rocket sprang another dangerous fuel leak Saturday, forcing launch controllers to call off their second attempt to send a crew capsule into lunar orbit with test dummies. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Fuel leak ruins NASA’s 2nd shot at launching moon rocket

The first attempt earlier in the week was also marred by escaping hydrogen, but those leaks were elsewhere on the 322-foot rocket.

The NASA moon rocket stands ready at sunrise on Pad 39B before the Artemis 1 mission to orbit the moon at the Kennedy Space Center, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022, in Cape Canaveral, Fla.

NASA aims for a Saturday launch of the new Artemis moon rocket

Associated Press

Monday's scheduled launched was scrubbed due to engine problems.

Encore: Private Space Exploration Revamps Florida's Space Industry

Matthew F Smith

Private aerospace manufacturer and space delivery company SpaceX made history in April when it successfully re-launched and re-landed a rocket that had…

Private Space Exploration Promises to Revamp Florida's Space Industry

Matthew F Smith

Private aerospace manufacturer and space delivery company SpaceX made history last week when it successfully re-launched and re-landed a rocket that had…