NASA Artemis II Core Moon Rocket Stage Now Vertical | Kennedy Space Center

NASA Artemis II Core Moon Rocket Stage Now Vertical | Kennedy Space Center

Teams with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) Program lift the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) core stage for the Artemis II Mission from horizonal to vertical inside the transfer aisle at the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, December 10, 2024. This one-of-a kind lifting beam is designed to move the core stage from the transfer aisle to High Bay 2 where it will remain while teams stack the two solid rocket boosters for the SLS core stage.

Artemis II will launch no earlier than April 2026.

For more information about SLS, visit: 

https://www.nasa.gov/sls

Check the NASA Artemis II Mission page for updates:

https://www.nasa.gov/mission/artemis-ii/

Image Credit: NASA/Adeline Morgan
Image Date: Dec. 10, 2024

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