Space

Artemis II Core Stage Gets To Kennedy

.Crews carry NASA's SLS (Area Release Body) core stage in to the Lorry Assembly Property at the organization's Kennedy Area Center in Fla on July 24, 2024. Tugboats and also lugging crafts relocated the Pegasus burst and 212-foot-long primary phase 900-miles to the Fla spaceport coming from NASA's Michoud Assembly Location in New Orleans, where it was created as well as assembled.In the coming months, teams will combine the rocket center phase atop the mobile launcher with the extra Artemis II flight hardware, including the twin solid rocket enhancers, launch automobile stage adapter, and also the Orion spacecraft.The Artemis II examination trip will certainly be NASA's initial objective with staff under the Artemis initiative, sending NASA rocketeers Winner Glover, Christina Koch, and also Reid Wiseman, and also CSA (Canadian Area Company) rocketeer Jeremy Hansen, on a 10-day experience around the Moon and back.Abide by the next steps in this experience on NASA's Artemis blog.Text credit: Jason Costa.Photo credit report: NASA/Kim Shiflett.