Space

Artemis II Center Phase Arrives at Kennedy

.Teams move NASA's SLS (Space Release Device) primary stage into the Lorry Installation Property at the agency's Kennedy Space Facility in Fla on July 24, 2024. Tugboats and towing vessels moved the Pegasus burst and also 212-foot-long center phase 900-miles to the Fla spaceport from NASA's Michoud Setting up Location in New Orleans, where it was actually produced as well as put together.In the coming months, staffs are going to include the rocket center phase atop the mobile launcher along with the extra Artemis II flight components, featuring the double sound rocket boosters, launch lorry phase adapter, and also the Orion spacecraft.The Artemis II exam tour are going to be NASA's first goal with staff under the Artemis campaign, sending NASA astronauts Winner Glover, Christina Koch, and also Reid Wiseman, as well as CSA (Canadian Room Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, on a 10-day trip around the Moon as well as back.Use the upcoming action in this quest on NASA's Artemis weblog.Text credit history: Jason Costa.Picture credit rating: NASA/Kim Shiflett.