Space

Artemis II Center Phase Arrives at Kennedy

.Teams transport NASA's SLS (Space Release Device) primary stage in to the Car Assembly Structure at the firm's Kennedy Space Facility in Fla on July 24, 2024. Tugboats and also hauling crafts relocated the Pegasus barge as well as 212-foot-long center stage 900-miles to the Florida spaceport from NASA's Michoud Installation Facility in New Orleans, where it was made and also assembled.In the coming months, groups are going to include the rocket center stage atop the mobile launcher with the additional Artemis II flight components, consisting of the identical twin strong rocket boosters, launch vehicle phase adapter, as well as the Orion spacecraft.The Artemis II examination trip will certainly be NASA's very first objective along with team under the Artemis initiative, sending out NASA rocketeers Winner Glover, Christina Koch, and Reid Wiseman, along with CSA (Canadian Room Company) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, on a 10-day journey around the Moon and also back.Adhere to the upcoming come in this trip on NASA's Artemis blogging site.Text credit scores: Jason Costa.Photo credit scores: NASA/Kim Shiflett.