Monday, March 24, 2025

The Next Big Orange Moon Rocket Continues to Take Shape in Florida...

Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building's High Bay 3 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Space Launch System's core stage booster for Artemis 2 is being mated to its twin solid rocket boosters on the Mobile Launcher...on March 22, 2025.
NASA / Frank Michaux

NASA’s Artemis II Core Stage Integration Complete at Kennedy (News Release)

Another element of the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket for Artemis II is poised for flight. Technicians joined the core stage on March 23 with the stacked solid rocket boosters for the mission at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Teams with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Program and primary contractor Amentum used one of the five overhead cranes inside the spaceport’s Vehicle Assembly Building to lift the rocket stage from the facility’s transfer aisle to High Bay 3, where it was secured between the booster segments atop the launch tower.

As the newest addition to the Mobile Launcher, the core stage is the largest component of the rocket, standing 212 feet tall. The stage is the backbone of the rocket, supporting the launch vehicle stage adapter, interim cryogenic propulsion stage, Orion stage adapter, and the Orion spacecraft for the agency’s crewed Artemis II mission. The adapter will be the next element integrated and will be lifted and secured atop the core stage in the coming weeks.

The Artemis II test flight will take a crew of four astronauts on a 10-day journey around the Moon, helping confirm the foundational systems and hardware needed for human deep space exploration. The mission is the first crewed flight under NASA’s Artemis campaign, and is another step towards missions on the lunar surface and helping the agency prepare for future human missions to Mars.

Source: NASA.Gov

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Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building's transfer aisle at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Space Launch System's core stage booster for Artemis 2 is about to be mated to its twin solid rocket boosters on the Mobile Launcher at High Bay 3...on March 22, 2025.
NASA / Frank Michaux

Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building's High Bay 3 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Space Launch System's core stage booster for Artemis 2 is about to be mated to its twin solid rocket boosters on the Mobile Launcher...on March 22, 2025.
NASA / Frank Michaux

Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building's High Bay 3 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Space Launch System's core stage booster for Artemis 2 is about to be mated to its twin solid rocket boosters on the Mobile Launcher...on March 22, 2025.
NASA / Frank Michaux

Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building's High Bay 3 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Space Launch System's core stage booster for Artemis 2 is about to be mated to its twin solid rocket boosters on the Mobile Launcher...on March 22, 2025.
NASA / Frank Michaux

Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building's High Bay 3 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Space Launch System's core stage booster for Artemis 2 is about to be mated to its twin solid rocket boosters on the Mobile Launcher...on March 22, 2025.
NASA / Frank Michaux

Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building's High Bay 3 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Space Launch System's core stage booster for Artemis 2 is being mated to its twin solid rocket boosters on the Mobile Launcher...on March 22, 2025.
NASA / Frank Michaux

Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building's High Bay 3 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Space Launch System's core stage booster for Artemis 2 is mated to its twin solid rocket boosters on the Mobile Launcher...on March 23, 2025.
NASA / Frank Michaux

Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building's High Bay 3 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Space Launch System's core stage booster for Artemis 2 is mated to its twin solid rocket boosters on the Mobile Launcher...on March 23, 2025.
NASA / Frank Michaux

Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building's High Bay 3 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Space Launch System's core stage booster for Artemis 2 is mated to its twin solid rocket boosters on the Mobile Launcher...on March 23, 2025.
NASA / Frank Michaux

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