Space

Artemis II Primary Phase Comes To Kennedy

.Groups carry NASA's SLS (Space Launch System) primary stage in to the Automobile Installation Structure at the agency's Kennedy Room Center in Florida on July 24, 2024. Tugboats and also towing crafts moved the Pegasus barge and 212-foot-long core stage 900-miles to the Florida spaceport coming from NASA's Michoud Setting up Facility in New Orleans, where it was manufactured and constructed.In the coming months, staffs are going to incorporate the spacecraft core stage atop the mobile phone launcher along with the extra Artemis II trip equipment, featuring the twin strong spacecraft boosters, launch motor vehicle stage adapter, and the Orion space capsule.The Artemis II examination trip will be NASA's initial purpose along with team under the Artemis project, sending out NASA astronauts Winner Glover, Christina Koch, and also Reid Wiseman, along with CSA (Canadian Area Organization) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, on a 10-day trip around the Moon as well as back.Follow the next action in this quest on NASA's Artemis blog site.Text credit: Jason Costa.Image credit score: NASA/Kim Shiflett.