Space

Artemis II Center Stage Arrives at Kennedy

.Crews deliver NASA's SLS (Space Release Unit) primary phase right into the Lorry Setting Up Structure at the organization's Kennedy Room Facility in Florida on July 24, 2024. Tugboats and also pulling vessels relocated the Pegasus burst and 212-foot-long center phase 900-miles to the Florida spaceport coming from NASA's Michoud Installation Location in New Orleans, where it was created and also set up.In the coming months, teams will include the rocket core phase atop the mobile phone launcher along with the additional Artemis II air travel components, including the identical twin strong spacecraft enhancers, launch motor vehicle stage adapter, and also the Orion spacecraft.The Artemis II test air travel are going to be actually NASA's first purpose along with workers under the Artemis project, delivering NASA rocketeers Victor Glover, Christina Koch, as well as Reid Wiseman, along with CSA (Canadian Space Firm) rocketeer Jeremy Hansen, on a 10-day trip around the Moon and also back.Apply the following come in this trip on NASA's Artemis blogging site.Text credit: Jason Costa.Image credit history: NASA/Kim Shiflett.