Space

Artemis II Core Phase Gets To Kennedy

.Crews transfer NASA's SLS (Space Release Device) core stage right into the Car Assembly Building at the organization's Kennedy Room Center in Florida on July 24, 2024. Tugboats and hauling vessels relocated the Pegasus burst and 212-foot-long core stage 900-miles to the Fla spaceport coming from NASA's Michoud Installation Resource in New Orleans, where it was produced and also assembled.In the coming months, teams are going to combine the rocket center stage atop the mobile launcher with the added Artemis II air travel components, featuring the twin strong rocket boosters, launch car phase adapter, and the Orion spacecraft.The Artemis II examination flight are going to be NASA's very first objective with workers under the Artemis project, sending NASA astronauts Winner Glover, Christina Koch, and Reid Wiseman, and also CSA (Canadian Room Organization) rocketeer Jeremy Hansen, on a 10-day journey around the Moon as well as back.Adhere to the upcoming action in this quest on NASA's Artemis blog post.Text credit score: Jason Costa.Image credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett.