Photos of the Day: Two Major Flight Components Have Arrived in Florida for the Artemis 2 and 3 Missions!

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Last week, two major milestones were attained in NASA's Artemis program when the Orion pressure vessel for the Artemis 3 mission, as well as the European Service Module for Artemis 2, arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida to complete final assembly.

The Artemis 3 pressure vessel was sent to Florida from NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility near New Orleans, Louisiana, while the Artemis 2 service module was transported to Cape Canaveral from Bremen, Germany, respectively.

Both major flight hardware will soon finish construction inside the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at the KSC Industrial Area.

Artemis 2—the first crewed flight of Orion—is currently scheduled for launch in late 2023. Artemis 3, which will see astronauts set foot on the lunar surface for the first time since Apollo 17 in 1972, is targeted for liftoff no earlier than 2024.

And as soon as tomorrow night, the Orion spacecraft for Artemis 1 will be transported to KSC's Vehicle Assembly Building to finally be stacked with the Space Launch System rocket! Stay tuned.


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