NASA is moving its moon rocket Artemis II from the hangar to the launch pad on Friday at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center, ahead of humanity’s first trip to the moon in more than 50 years. Artemis II will send four astronauts on an approximately 10-day mission around the moon and back,

NASA's Artemis II SLS rocket is visible on its Florida launch pad ahead of its mission.

The massive system — topped with the Orion capsule, weighing more than 11 million pounds and taller than the Empire State Building — was rolled out overnight.