NASA is moving its moon rocket Artemis II from the hangar to the launch pad on Friday at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center, ahead of humanity’s first trip to the moon in more than 50 years. Artemis II will send four astronauts on an approximately 10-day mission around the moon and back,

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.

The Artemis II crew — Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen — will test life-support systems, spacecraft performance, and crew operations during the mission.