Space

Artemis II Center Stage Arrives at Kennedy

.Teams transfer NASA's SLS (Space Introduce System) center stage into the Auto Installation Structure at the agency's Kennedy Space Facility in Florida on July 24, 2024. Tugboats and pulling crafts moved the Pegasus burst as well as 212-foot-long primary stage 900-miles to the Fla spaceport coming from NASA's Michoud Setting up Facility in New Orleans, where it was actually made and also set up.In the coming months, teams will definitely integrate the rocket primary phase atop the mobile launcher with the added Artemis II flight components, including the identical twin strong spacecraft enhancers, launch automobile phase adapter, as well as the Orion space probe.The Artemis II exam trip will certainly be NASA's first purpose with staff under the Artemis campaign, delivering NASA astronauts Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and also Reid Wiseman, and also CSA (Canadian Space Agency) rocketeer Jeremy Hansen, on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back.Apply the upcoming come in this experience on NASA's Artemis blog.Text credit history: Jason Costa.Image credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett.