NASA Artemis II Moon Rocket Boosters Take Cross-Country Train Trip to Florida

NASA Artemis II Moon Rocket Boosters Take Cross-Country Train Trip to Florida

All aboard the SLS express! 🚂

Ten booster motor segments for NASA’s Artemis II Space Launch System (SLS) Moon rocket were recently loaded into specialized transporters at Northrop Grumman’s facility in Promontory Point, Utah, for a cross-country rail trip to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The booster motor segments, which each weigh 180 tons, traveled across eight states and arrived at the spaceport on Sept. 25. Crews at Kennedy will use the segments to build the two SLS solid rocket boosters that will provide more than 75% of the total thrust for the agency’s crewed Artemis II mission. 

Artemis II will be NASA’s first crewed flight test of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft around the Moon to verify today’s capabilities for humans to explore deep space and pave the way for long-term exploration and science on the lunar surface.

Learn more about the Artemis II Mission:

https://www.nasa.gov/artemis-ii 

Learn more about Space Launch System (SLS) : nasa.gov/sls

Credit: NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)

Release Date: Sept. 27, 2023

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