The Space Launch System (SLS) core stage and rocket boosters have now been stood up and mated in preparation for NASA's ...

The two-stage rocket built by SpaceX departed at 6:02 p.m. from Space Launch Complex-4 on the South Base. Eight minutes later, the first-stage booster landed on a droneship stationed in the ...

The company said the two-stage rocket fell into the sea, adding that "the launch pad seems to be intact". Orbital rockets are designed to place loads such as satellites into or beyond Earth's orbit.

In the coming months, the capsule and module will join the full SLS stack in the VAB, sitting atop the rocket's interim cryogenic propulsion stage. Artemis 2 is the second mission of NASA's ...