Made it. At 6:42 p.m. EST on Jan. 17, NASA’s Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft reached Launch Pad 39B after a nearly 12-hour journey from the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASAKennedy in Florida. Hours earlier, NASA’s crawler-transporter 2 began its 4-mile (6.4-km) trek with the integrated SLS and Orion stacked on top. Moving at a maximum speed of just 0.82 mph, the crawler carried the towering Moon rocket and spacecraft slowly but surely toward the pad. Next steps? The team will prepare for a “wet dress rehearsal” at the end of the month. During this operation, team members will load the rocket with cryogenic, or super-cold, propellants, run through the countdown, and practice safely draining the propellants from the rocket – all essential steps before the first crewed Artemis mission. After the wet dress rehearsal, the mission management team will assess the readiness of the systems and confirm a launch date. Credit: NASA’s SLS rocket and Orion space...