NASA Artemis II Moon Rocket: Booster Stacking | Kennedy Space Center
Technicians with Exploration Ground Systems integrate the right forward segment atop the center forward segment on NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) Moon rocket booster inside the Vehicle Assembly Building’s High Bay 3 at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025.
Engineers with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems complete stacking operations on the twin SLS (Space Launch System) solid rocket boosters for Artemis II by integrating the nose cones atop the forward assemblies inside the Vehicle Assembly Building’s High Bay 3 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025.
Technicians with Exploration Ground Systems integrate the right forward segment atop the center forward segment on NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) Moon rocket booster inside the Vehicle Assembly Building’s High Bay 3 at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025.
Inside High Bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians with the agency’s Exploration Ground Systems integrate the left forward center booster segment for the NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket onto the left center center segment atop the mobile launcher on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025.
Inside High Bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians with the agency’s Exploration Ground Systems integrate the left forward center booster segment for the NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket onto the left center center segment atop the mobile launcher on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025.
Technicians with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems complete the integration of the left forward segment to the center forward segment on mobile launcher 1 inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, Feb. 7, 2025.
Technicians with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems complete the integration of the left forward segment to the center forward segment on mobile launcher 1 inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, Feb. 7, 2025.
Technicians transport the right forward segment for NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) Moon rocket boosters from the Rotation Processing and Surge Facility to NASA’s Vehicle Assembly Building in Florida on Monday, Feb. 15, 2025.
Technicians with the Exploration Ground Systems team are integrating solid rocket booster segments for NASA’s Artemis II Space Launch System (SLS) Moon rocket inside the Vehicle Assembly Building’s High Bay 3 at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The twin solid boosters, five segments on each side, will help support the remaining rocket components and the Orion spacecraft during final assembly of the Artemis II Moon rocket and provide more than 75 percent of the total 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.
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Image Credit: NASA/Cory S. Huston
Capture Dates: Jan. 30-Feb. 19, 2025
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