NASA’s Massive Rocket Rolls Out: Artemis II SLS Core Stage Arrives for Assembly

The Artemis II mission’s SLS core stage has been transported to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, where it will be integrated with other flight hardware like the Orion spacecraft for a crewed journey around the Moon.

NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket core stage for the Artemis II mission is inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Tugboats and towing vessels moved the barge and core stage 900 miles to the Florida spaceport from NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, where it was manufactured and assembled.