All Engines Added to NASA’s Artemis II Moon Rocket Core Stage | NASA Michoud

All Engines Added to NASA’s Artemis II Moon Rocket Core Stage | NASA Michoud

Teams at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans have structurally joined all four RS-25 engines onto the core stage for NASA’s Space Launch System rocket that will send four astronauts on their journey around the Moon during the Artemis II Mission.

Technicians with NASA, Aerojet Rocketdyne, an L3Harris Technologies company and the RS-25 engines lead contractor, along with Boeing, the core stage lead contractor, will now focus their efforts on the complex task of fully securing the engines to the stage and integrating the propulsion and electrical systems within the structure.

Image Description: The yellow core stage is seen in a horizontal position in the final assembly area at Michoud. The engines are arranged at the bottom of the rocket stage in a square pattern, like legs on a table.

Learn more about the Artemis II Mission:

https://www.nasa.gov/artemis-ii 

Learn more about SLS: nasa.gov/sls

Image Credit: NASA/Eric Bordelon

Image Date: Sept. 21, 2023

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