Photo of the Day: The SLS Core Stage Booster Has Arrived at Kennedy Space Center in Florida!

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Several hours ago, NASA's Pegasus barge carrying the Space Launch System's (SLS) core stage booster for Artemis 1 arrived at Kennedy Space Center's turn basin wharf...following a 900-mile sea voyage from Stennis Space Center in Mississippi that began last week. With Pegasus now parked hundreds of meters from the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB)—where SLS will be stacked over the coming months for its maiden flight (currently scheduled for as early as November 4)—crews will wait till this Thursday, April 29, to unload the booster from the barge and transport it to the VAB. The first big milestone after that should take place around May 11; when the core stage is mated to its twin solid rocket boosters (which have been assembled for flight since early March) atop the mobile launcher. Stay tuned.