NASA astronauts performed a flyby of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket as it awaited the launch of Artemis 1 on August 29 in a stunning set of photos that they published on social media.

Watch: NASA T-38 trainer jets fly in formation above SLS megarocket launch pad

A popular sheep will soon be off to space, and while "it might be a small step for a human, it's a giant leap for lambkind". Shaun, the title character from the animated television series "Shaun the Sheep" has been selected as the first 'astronaut' abroad the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and European Space Agency's (ESA) Artemis 1 lunar mission.

'A giant leap for lambkind': Shaun the Sheep will be ESA, NASA's first 'astronaut' to the Moon

Mission to Moon: How US and Japan plan to once again send humans to the lunar surface

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Watch: NASA T-38 trainer jets fly in formation above SLS megarocket launch pad

'A giant leap for lambkind': Shaun the Sheep will be ESA, NASA's first 'astronaut' to the Moon

Mission to Moon: How US and Japan plan to once again send humans to the lunar surface