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epa10125084 The SLS rocket with an Orion capsule, part of the Artemis 1 mission, is being transported from the NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building to pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center in Merrit Island, Florida, USA, 16 August 2022. The Artemis 1 mission is an uncrewed test flight of the Orion spacecraft and the first launch of the SLS. The Artemis is an ongoing space mission run by NASA with the goal of landing the first female astronaut and first astronaut of color on the Moon. It is the US space agency's first crewed Moon mission since Apollo 17 in 1972. EPA/CRISTOBAL HERRERA-ULASHKEVICH