Space

Artemis II Center Stage Arrives at Kennedy

.Staffs carry NASA's SLS (Space Launch System) center phase in to the Lorry Installation Structure at the agency's Kennedy Space Facility in Fla on July 24, 2024. Tugboats and also lugging boats moved the Pegasus burst and 212-foot-long center stage 900-miles to the Florida spaceport coming from NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, where it was actually manufactured and also put together.In the coming months, staffs will combine the rocket primary stage atop the mobile launcher with the extra Artemis II trip components, consisting of the double sound rocket boosters, launch car stage adapter, and also the Orion space capsule.The Artemis II exam tour will certainly be actually NASA's first purpose along with crew under the Artemis initiative, delivering NASA rocketeers Victor Glover, Christina Koch, as well as Reid Wiseman, as well as CSA (Canadian Area Organization) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, on a 10-day trip around the Moon and also back.Adhere to the next steps in this trip on NASA's Artemis blog site.Text credit rating: Jason Costa.Photo credit history: NASA/Kim Shiflett.