Space

Artemis II Center Stage Reaches Kennedy

.Teams transport NASA's SLS (Space Introduce System) core phase right into the Automobile Assembly Structure at the organization's Kennedy Room Facility in Florida on July 24, 2024. Tugboats as well as pulling crafts relocated the Pegasus barge and also 212-foot-long primary stage 900-miles to the Fla spaceport coming from NASA's Michoud Setting up Location in New Orleans, where it was created and also constructed.In the coming months, crews will certainly incorporate the rocket center stage atop the mobile phone launcher along with the added Artemis II flight hardware, including the identical twin solid rocket enhancers, launch motor vehicle phase adapter, and the Orion spacecraft.The Artemis II exam tour are going to be NASA's 1st objective with staff under the Artemis project, sending NASA astronauts Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Reid Wiseman, and also CSA (Canadian Space Company) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, on a 10-day trip around the Moon and back.Follow the upcoming come in this quest on NASA's Artemis blog post.Text credit scores: Jason Costa.Photo credit scores: NASA/Kim Shiflett.