The enormous Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft are practically ready to roll out to the launch pad, which is one of the last steps before the Artemis 2 mission is launched. The Artemis 2 mission will be the first mission with a crew to venture beyond low-Earth orbit in over 50 years.

NASA on Tuesday named three US astronauts and an Italian astronaut as the crew for its next Artemis mission, a docking demonstration involving three spacecraft in Earth's orbit and planned for next ye...