ASA's Artemis moon rocket just rode a 'supertank' to the launch pad

Summary

This article by Mindy Weisberger, writing for Live Science, makes the following points:

• The spacecraft and SLS took 10 hours and 28 minutes to travel just 6.4 kilometres.
• Transporting the integrated Orion and SLS was the Crawler CT-2, which measures 40 metres long and 35 metres wide, and weighs almost 10 million kilos.
• Orion won't be taking off for the moon just yet. Lift-off is at least a month away, as several tests still need to be conducted.
• The so-called wet dress rehearsal will take place on April 1, when technicians load the rocket with more than 2 million litres of liquid oxygen and hydrogen propellant.

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Source Information:

• Article Source: Live Science
• Media Check: Live Science - Media Bias Fact Check (mediabiasfactcheck.com)
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