Space

Artemis II Core Phase Arrives at Kennedy

.Crews deliver NASA's SLS (Area Release System) center stage right into the Automobile Installation Structure at the firm's Kennedy Area Facility in Fla on July 24, 2024. Tugboats and also dragging vessels relocated the Pegasus burst and 212-foot-long center phase 900-miles to the Florida spaceport coming from NASA's Michoud Setting up Resource in New Orleans, where it was actually made and also put together.In the coming months, crews will definitely combine the rocket core phase atop the mobile launcher along with the extra Artemis II tour equipment, including the double sound rocket enhancers, launch automobile stage adapter, and also the Orion space capsule.The Artemis II test trip are going to be actually NASA's very first goal with workers under the Artemis campaign, sending NASA astronauts Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Reid Wiseman, and also CSA (Canadian Area Organization) rocketeer Jeremy Hansen, on a 10-day adventure around the Moon as well as back.Abide by the following action in this adventure on NASA's Artemis blog post.Text credit scores: Jason Costa.Graphic credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett.