Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Photos of the Day: ULA's Upper Stage Booster Will Soon Be Joined to the Artemis 2 Rocket...

The Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage that will fly on Artemis 2's Space Launch System rocket is transported to the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida...on April 15, 2025.
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Just thought I'd share these photos of Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage (ICPS)-2, provided by United Launch Alliance, after it was moved from Kennedy Space Center's Multi-Payload Processing Facility to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) in Florida earlier today.

Over the coming days, ICPS-2 will be lifted up and transported from the VAB's transfer aisle to High Bay 3...where the upper stage booster will be attached to the rest of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket that will send four astronauts to the Moon on next year's Artemis 2 mission.

Once ICPS-2 is joined to SLS, the last hardware to be mated to the Big Orange Moon Rocket is the Orion spacecraft itself! Stay tuned.

The Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage that will fly on Artemis 2's Space Launch System rocket departs from the Multi-Payload Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida...on April 15, 2025.
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The Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage that will fly on Artemis 2's Space Launch System rocket departs from the Multi-Payload Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida...on April 15, 2025.
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The Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage that will fly on Artemis 2's Space Launch System rocket makes its journey to the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida...on April 15, 2025.
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The Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage that will fly on Artemis 2's Space Launch System rocket makes its journey to the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida...on April 15, 2025.
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The Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage that will fly on Artemis 2's Space Launch System rocket is about to enter the transfer aisle inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida...on April 15, 2025.
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With the future Mobile Launcher 2 in the background, the Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage that will fly on Artemis 2's Space Launch System rocket enters the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida...on April 15, 2025.
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The Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage that will fly on Artemis 2's Space Launch System rocket now sits inside the Vehicle Assembly Building's transfer aisle at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida...on April 15, 2025.
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