NASA Artemis II Moon Mission Solid Rocket Booster Stacking | NASA Kennedy

NASA Artemis II Moon Mission Solid Rocket Booster Stacking | NASA Kennedy

Engineers and technicians with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) team lifted the left center segment, bearing NASA’s historic “worm” logo, of the Space Launch System (SLS) solid rocket boosters (SRBs) for the Artemis II Moon Mission into High Bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

This is the seventh of ten motor segments stacked on the Mobile Launcher 1 by the EGS team.

These boosters will help support the remaining rocket components and the Orion spacecraft during final assembly of the Artemis II Moon rocket. They will provide more than 75 percent of the total Space Launch System (SLS) thrust during liftoff from NASA Kennedy’s Launch Pad 39B.

The Artemis II test flight will be NASA’s first mission with crew under the Artemis campaign. It will launch no earlier than April 2026. NASA's Orion spacecraft will carry NASA astronauts Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Reid Wiseman, as well as Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back for the Artemis II test flight.

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/

Video Credit: NASA/Frank Michaux

Duration: 54 seconds
Capture Date: Jan. 29, 2025
Release Date: Jan. 30, 2025

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