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How is Artemis II SLS rocket different from Apollo era's Saturn V and SpaceX's Starship?

The Saturn V was meant for deep space missions like the SLS and Starship but was very different from the modern rockets.

Artemis 2 is most similar to Apollo 8. What the missions had in common

Like Apollo 8 in 1968, NASA's Artemis 2 mission from Florida will send a crew of astronauts around the moon and back without landing.
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NASA aiming for a Wednesday liftoff of its Alabama built moon rocket

If all goes well, four NASA astronauts will blast off aboard an Alabama built rocket Wednesday evening, on the first crewed mission around the moon since 1972. Artemis-2 will begin with liftoff aboard the so called “Space Launch System” rocket that’s designed,

Ready to roll again, NASA’s workhorse crawler has been hauling rockets since Apollo

When he’s not at work, Sam Dove drives a Chevy Silverado 1500. Dove gets to drive the crawler-transporter 2 (CT-2), which was one of two tracked vehicles originally designed to haul the Saturn V

NASA's giant moon rocket, in photos

Photos show the rocket and spacecraft that NASA will use to launch astronauts toward the moon for the first time in more than 50 years.