NASA Artemis II Florida launch. Best Instagram photos of SLS rocket, crew

Double rainbow over NASA Artemis II, countdown clock before launch day or SLS rocket on the pad at Kennedy Space Center? Best Instagram moments.
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NASA’s SLS Artemis moon rocket is so huge it dwarfs skyscrapers

NASA’s Space Launch System, the agency’s flagship rocket designed to carry astronauts back to the Moon under the Artemis program, stands 322 feet tall in its Block 1 configuration. That height exceeds the Statue of Liberty and rivals many mid-rise office towers found in American cities.

NASA May X Out Boeing's SLS Rocket Ship From Future Moon Landings

Boeing's biggest role in Project Artemis could soon be obsolete.

Watch Artemis 2 launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida

The Artemis II mission launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 4:35 MT/5:35 CT on Wednesday, April 1, carrying four astronauts away from the Earth and towards the moon on a spacecraft called Orion. The crew will have to travel some 244,000 miles (393,000 kilometers) away to reach the moon, which will take several days.

NASA's giant moon rocket is back on the launch pad. See new photos of SLS

NASA's giant moon rocket is back on the launch pad in Florida, setting the stage for what appears to be an imminent launch of the Artemis 2 mission.