Space

Artemis II Primary Phase Arrives at Kennedy

.Staffs transport NASA's SLS (Space Release Body) center phase in to the Car Installation Structure at the agency's Kennedy Room Facility in Fla on July 24, 2024. Tugboats as well as towing boats moved the Pegasus burst and 212-foot-long core stage 900-miles to the Florida spaceport coming from NASA's Michoud Installation Facility in New Orleans, where it was actually made and also constructed.In the coming months, crews will definitely combine the spacecraft center phase atop the mobile launcher along with the added Artemis II flight components, including the double sound spacecraft boosters, launch auto phase adapter, and also the Orion space probe.The Artemis II examination flight will definitely be actually NASA's first purpose along with crew under the Artemis project, sending NASA rocketeers Winner Glover, Christina Koch, and Reid Wiseman, and also CSA (Canadian Area Agency) rocketeer Jeremy Hansen, on a 10-day quest around the Moon and back.Adhere to the following come in this quest on NASA's Artemis blog site.Text credit: Jason Costa.Graphic credit rating: NASA/Kim Shiflett.