NASA moved a 322-foot-tall rocket out to the launchpad on Saturday, a key step as the agency prepares for a long-awaited mission to send four astronauts around the moon.

The Artemis II Moon Rocket is being moved four miles away from Nasa's Kennedy Space Center in Florida - the short trip is expected to take up to 12 hours

After clouds and rainy weather rolled through the Cape, the skies cleared and a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket leaped off the launch pad — becoming Florida’s first rocket launch of 2026.