#Artemis I is on the launch pad! After a 10-hour overnight drive from @NASAKennedy's massive Vehicle Assembly Building, our Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft arrived at Launch Pad 39B at 7:30 a.m. ET (11:30 UTC) on Wednesday, Aug. 17. NASA engineers and technicians are now making final checks and updates before the rocket lifts off, currently scheduled for Monday, Aug. 29 at 8:33 a.m. ET (12:33 UTC). On its six-week, uncrewed journey, Artemis I will travel 1.3 million miles (2.1 million kilometers), flying around the Moon several times and going as far as 280,000 miles (450,000 km) from Earth—farther than any of the Apollo Moon missions. Artemis I will test our @NASAArtemis equipment and technology to ensure that future Artemis missions are ready to send humans to the Moon for long-term lunar exploration. Image Description 1: NASA's Artemis I rocket stands at the top of a small incline against a bright blue, early-morning sky. A black banner reading "ARTEMIS: WE ARE GOING" is at the foot of the hill. Image Description 2: NASA's Artemis I rocket is seen rolling out of the Vehicle Assembly Building at night. Taken from close up at ground level, the rocket towers above the scattered audience below. Image Description 3: A view of the Artemis I rocket at night through a fish-eye lens; cars appear as streaks on the road beneath the rocket. A white warning sign is just to the right of the rocket. Image Description 4: A pink-and-orange dawn sky dominates this photo of NASA's Artemis I rocket, which appears to the left-of-center, lit up in floodlights. The outline of two palm trees frames the bottom-left and bottom-right corners. Image Description 5: NASA's Artemis I rocket as seen from three-quarters perspective. The SLS core stage is a deep orange, with white rocket boosters on either side and the white Orion spacecraft on top. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky #NASA #Space #Moon #ArtemisI #Artemis1 #Rocket #SLS #SpaceLaunchSystem #ToTheMoon