NASA's New Moon Rocket Moves to the Pad Ahead of Astronaut Launch as Early as February

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s giant new moon rocket moved to the launch pad Saturday in preparation for astronauts’ first lunar fly-around in more than half a century. The out-and-back trip could blast off as early as February. The 322-foot (98-meter) rocket began its 1-mph (1.6-kph) creep from Kennedy Space Center’s Vehicle Assembly Building at daybreak. The 4-mile (6-kilometer) trek took until nightfall. Thousands of space center workers and their families gathered in the predawn chill