Photo: NASA.s SLS Rocket Stands on Complex 39B at The Kennedy Space Center, Florida – KSP20260324011

NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket stands on Complex 39B at sunrise on Tuesday, March 24, 2026. NASA is conducting preparations to launch the rocket on the Artemis II mission with a crew of four on a lunar orbital trajectory no earlier than 01 April. The 10 day mission will be NASA’s first crewed flight to return to lunar orbit in over fifty years. Photo by Joe Marino/UPI