Watch NASA Teams Move, Prep Artemis II Moon Rocket Core Stage for Shipment

Watch NASA Teams Move, Prep Artemis II Moon Rocket Core Stage for Shipment

Teams at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans are preparing the core stage of the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) for shipment to the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The 212-foot-tall core stage and its four RS-25 engines will help power Artemis II, the first crewed mission of NASA’s Artemis campaign. 

In this video, watch as workers remove the external access stands, or scaffolding, before moving the rocket hardware to another area of the facility.  

Four astronauts will venture around the Moon in the Orion spacecraft on Artemis II. It will be the first crewed mission on NASA's path to establishing a long-term presence at the Moon for science and exploration through the Artemis campaign.

For more information about SLS, visit https://www.nasa.gov/sls

Video Credit: NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center

Duration: 52 seconds

Release Date: July 8, 2024

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