NASA moves moon rocket to launch pad
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China hit by dual launch failures as Long March 3B and Ceres-2 debut mission fail China suffered a pair of launch failures Friday, seeing the loss of a classified Shijian satellite and the failed first launch of the Ceres-2 rocket.
Rollout of the stacked Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft has officially started at 7:04am ET. Watch the Artemis II Moon rocket travel four miles from the Vehicle Assembly Building to the historic Launch Pad 39B at @NASAKennedy: https://t.co/DNJFpQjLvF — NASA Artemis (@NASAArtemis) January 17, 2026
The H3 failed during its debut launch in March 2023 but bounced back with five consecutive successes — until Sunday night. JAXA has set up a task force headed by agency chief Hiroshi Yamakawa to help get to the bottom of the Michibiki 5 launch anomaly.