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Setting the Stage for Artemis Testing

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SpaceX Rocket takes off into space

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. the fog on Launch Pad 39B is pierced by lights on vehicles and the service structures as Space Shuttle Atlantis approaches. Atlantis left the Vehicle Assembly Building 1:05 a.m. and arrived at the pad nearly 8 hours later. Atlantis' launch window begins Aug. 27 for an 11-day mission, STS-115, to the International Space Station. The mission crew of six astronauts will continue construction of the station and install their cargo, the Port 3/4 truss segment with its two large solar arrays. Photo credit: NASA /Rod Ostoski

CRS–6 (2015). Falcon 9 and Dragon undergoing prep in Florida in advance of 4/13 launch to the International Space Station.

Astronaut Jeffrey N. Williams during EVA 5 on Expedition 13.

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Space shuttle Atlantis and its four-member STS-135 crew head toward Earth orbit and rendezvous with the International Space Station, 8 July 2011.

Sounding Rocket Launches Into Aurora Over Venetie, Alaska

An American flag flies at Space Launch Complex-2 at Vandenberg AFB, California.

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Artist Illustration of BFR in flight (2018).

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Eleventh SpaceX Commercial Resupply Mission

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Spewing twin columns of fire from the solid rocket boosters as space shuttle Discovery roars into the blue Florida sky toward space on mission STS-120.

The Space Shuttle Atlantis, secured atop a mobile launch platform.

A nearly full Moon sets as the space shuttle Discovery sits atop Launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, Wednesday, March 11, 2009.

Making history with the first-ever launch on Independence Day, Space Shuttle Discovery rockets into the blue sky on mission STS-121, trailing fiery exhaust from the main engine nozzles.

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Hubble Servicing Mission

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Morning Launch for Mars 2020 Perseverance

Falcon 9 Rocket With Dragon Spacecraft

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SpaceX Rocket takes off into space

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A nearly full Moon sets as the space shuttle Discovery sits atop Launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, March 11, 2009.

Dragon to Mars (2015). Concept art of sending Dragon to Mars.

With the sun setting in the background at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the mobile launcher is nearing completion of its 4.2-mile journey to Launch Pad 39B.

The launch gantry is rolled back to reveal NASA's Orion spacecraft mounted atop a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Space Launch Complex 37.

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A Boeing Delta II rocket is framed between the ghostly silhouettes of two press photographers as it launches Deep Space 1 on its mission from Launch Complex 17A.

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Shooting like a roman candle into Florida's blue sky, Space Shuttle Discovery kicks off the Fourth of July fireworks with its own fiery display and makes history with the first ever launch on Independence Day.

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Liftoff of SpaceX Resupply Mission

The Apollo 16 Saturn V rocket carrying astronauts

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Magnetospheric Multiscale Observatories

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The X-band radar array is installed on the solid rocket booster retrieval ship Liberty before launch of Space Shuttle Discovery.

The Space Shuttle Endeavour is captured atop a trail of smoke as it carries six astronauts toward the fourth NASA Space Shuttle mission of the year.

Space shuttle Atlantis, attached to its bright-orange external fuel tank and twin solid rocket boosters on Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the STS-133 payload canister is lifted into the rotating service structure on Launch Pad 39A. The payload then will be moved into space shuttle Discovery's payload bay.

Discovery lifts off from Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida beginning its final flight, the STS-133 mission, to the International Space Station, Feb 24.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket with Space Tracking and Surveillance System - Demonstrator, or STSS-Demo, spacecraft emerges from a blanket of smoke after liftoff from Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. STSS-Demo was launched at 8:20:22 a.m. EDT by NASA for the Missile Defense System. The STSS-Demo is a space-based sensor component of a layered Ballistic Missile Defense System designed for the overall mission of detecting, tracking and discriminating ballistic missiles.

In this view looking up in the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a heavy-lift crane lowers the second half of the D-level work platforms, D north, for NASA’s Space Launch System rocket.

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Preparations are under way at Space Launch Complex 41 to launch the United Launch Alliance Atlas V-551 launch vehicle carrying NASA's Juno spacecraft.

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An Agena Target Docking Vehicle atop an Atlas rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 14 at Cape Kennedy at 10 a.m., March 16, 1966.

Viewed from the Banana River Viewing Site at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Discovery arcs through a cloud-brushed sky lighted by the trail of fire after launch on the STS-128 mission.

Space shuttle Atlantis and its four-member STS-135 crew head toward Earth orbit and rendezvous with the International Space Station, 8 July 2011.

The space shuttle Endeavour is seen on launch pad 39a at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla, Thursday, April 28, 2011.

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A United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket launches with the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 satellite onboard from Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.

The United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket with the Soil Moisture Active Passive satellite aboard, at the Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.

Space shuttle Atlantis, attached to its bright-orange external fuel tank and twin solid rocket boosters on Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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Members of the Kennedy Space Center government-industry team rise from their consoles within the Launch Control Center to watch the Apollo 11 liftoff through a window.

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The sun sets behind Space Launch Complex 2

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The Space Shuttle Discovery soars from Launch Pad 39A Aug. 7 on the 11-day STS-85 mission.

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The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket

JAXA's Tanegashima Space Center

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View of the launch of the Little Joe-5B spacecraft from Wallops Island on April 28, 1961.

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The mobile launcher platform with space shuttle Endeavour on top comes to rest on Launch Pad 39A.

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Blast burn cloud after launching a rocket.

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Interplanetary Transport System (2016).

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The exhaust plume from space shuttle Atlantis is seen as it launches from pad 39A on Friday, July 8, 2011, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel

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Three view art of the North American X-15.

At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a heavy-duty crane is slowly making its way to Launch Pad 39B.

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Launch of the unmanned Mercury-Atlas 1 from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

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The Soyuz rocket is rolled out by train to the launch pad, Friday, Dec. 15, 2017.

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The photograph of the Saturn V launch vehicle (SA-506) for the Apollo 11 mission liftoff on July 16, 1969, from launch complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center.

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Space Shuttle Columbia climbs into orbit from Launch Pad 39B on Nov. 19, 1996.

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Artist Illustration of Interplanetary Transport System (2016).

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The launch of space shuttle Discovery on the STS-131 mission was captured from a field of Florida Power & Light solar panels off of S.R. 3 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

JCSAT–14 Launch (2016).

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At NASA Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility, a Gulfstream III jet is preparing to take off with space shuttle Atlantis' four STS-135 astronauts and their families for the return trip home to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.

Xenon lights illuminate space shuttle Discovery as it makes its nighttime trek, known as rollout, from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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he SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket makes its way to the pad at Space Launch Complex-40 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, crawler-transporter No. 2 arrives at Launch Pad 39A. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel

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A NASA Emergency Response Team (ERT) member, keeps an eye out while flying near the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) prior to the launch of space shuttle Atlantis at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.

Final Launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour, STS-134 Mission, 16 May 2011.

Artist concept of the Mercury capsule with its launch escape system.

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Snake spotted near Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

Falcon Heavy Demo Mission (2018).

Discovery lifts off from Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida beginning its final flight, the STS-133 mission, to the International Space Station, Feb 24.

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A helicopter patrols the sky over NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida before the launch of space shuttle Discovery on the STS-119 mission.

STS-135 crew members inspect tools they will use in space during the STS-135 Crew Equipment Interface Test at the Kennedy Space Center on Friday, April 8, 2011, in Florida.

The space shuttle Endeavour is seen projected in the sky as powerful xenon lights illuminate launch pad 39a shortly.

A Boeing Delta II expendable launch vehicle lifts off with NASA's Mars Climate Orbiter on Dec. 11, 1998, from Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral Air Station.

Volunteers portraying astronauts are transported to ambulances as part of a Mode II-IV evacuation simulation exercise at NASA Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A, which conducted by The Space Shuttle Program and U.S. Air Force.

Discovery lifts off from Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida beginning its final flight, the STS-133 mission, to the International Space Station, Feb 24.

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Space shuttle Atlantis, attached to its bright-orange external fuel tank and twin solid rocket boosters on Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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Rocket Liftoff

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CRS–4 (2014).

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Tthe Soyuz launch pad shortly before the Soyuz TMA-12M spacecraft is rolled out by train to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.

NASA's Voyager 2 was launched on Aug. 20, 1977 from the NASA Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral in Florida.

NASA's Voyager 2 was launched on Aug. 20, 1977 from the NASA Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral in Florida.

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The space shuttle Atlantis is seen shortly after the rotating service structure (RSS) was rolled back at launch pad 39a, Thursday, July 7, 2011 at the NASA Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel

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The Soyuz rocket is rolled out to the launch pad by train at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

A dolphin's dorsal fin cuts through the water in the Launch Complex 39 Area turn basin at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

In Launch Complex 39 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, workers guide one of the walls of the Propellants North Administrative and Maintenance Facility into place.

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The Soyuz MS-02 rocket is launched with Expedition 49 Soyuz commander Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos, Oct. 19, 2016.

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A 250-ton crane is used to lower the second half of the K-level work platforms for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket into High Bay 3 inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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Space Rocket Launching

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