NASA Artemis II Moon Rocket Booster Stacking Update | Kennedy Space Center

NASA Artemis II Moon Rocket Booster Stacking Update | Kennedy Space Center

Technicians with NASA's Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) integrate segments on the agency's Space Launch System (SLS) Moon rocket boosters inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's 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 sending NASA astronauts Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Reid Wiseman, as well as Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, on a ten-day journey around the Moon and back.

Artemis II will launch no earlier than April 2026.

Check the NASA Artemis II Mission page for updates:

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

Learn more about NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket: nasa.gov/sls

Follow updates on the Artemis blog: 

https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/

Video Credit: NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC)

Duration: 4 minutes

Release Date: March 14, 2025

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