NASA’s Moon Rocket Returns to Pad for Next Launch Attempt

NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard atop the mobile launcher as it rolls out to Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Fla., on Nov. 4, 2022. Joel Kowsky/NASA via AP

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—NASA’s moon rocket is back on the pad for another launch attempt, following more repairs.

The 322-foot (98-meter) rocket departed its hangar in the middle of the night and completed the 4-mile (6.4-kilometer) trip shortly after sunrise Friday.