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NASA began moving its Artemis II rocket towards the launch pad ahead of its launch date set for April 1 at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

About two weeks ahead of the next possible launch window, NASA said on Friday that it has moved the rocket system for its delayed Artemis 2 lunar mission back to the launch pad. Mounted on a

NASA began rolling the Artemis II rocket and Orion spacecraft to the launchpad shortly after midnight Friday Eastern Time in anticipation of a launch in early April. The journey of the Space Launch System rocket to Launch Pad 39B was to take about four hours.

NASA’s “repaired” Artemis II Moon rocket and Orion spacecraft are back on the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center after an 11-hour rollout from the Vehicle Assembly Building.

NASA began moving its Artemis II rocket towards the launch pad ahead of its launch date set for April 1 at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

NASA's Artemis II rocket rollout is complete after a wind delay overnight, according to officials. The process was supposed to start at 8 p.m. on Thursday, moving the rocket from the Vehicle Assembly Building to the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center.

NASA’s Artemis II rocket and Orion spacecraft moved to the launch pad Friday, with a crewed moon flyby targeted for April after earlier delays.