The core stage of NASA's next Space Launch System (SLS) rocket recently completed integration with the vehicle's side ...
Next step: lift preps Once the work in the low-bay transfer aisle is completed, the self-propelled motorized transporters (SPMT) will again pick up the MPTS carrier with the Core Stage on board ...
“So when we lift the Core Stage over to High Bay 3 and we mate it to the Boosters [for Artemis II], it is a completely finished, ready-to-go Core Stage, and we don’t have to do some of the ...
Working inside the iconic 52-story-tall Vehicle Assembly Building, ground teams used heavy-duty cranes to first lift the butterscotch orange core stage from its cradle in the VAB's cavernous ...
The Space Launch System (SLS) core stage and rocket boosters have now been stood up and mated in preparation for NASA's Artemis 2 moon mission. On March 23, 2025, technicians working at NASA's ...
Technicians have joined the core stage with the stacked solid rocket boosters for the mission at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The 212-foot-tall core stage was placed Sunday alongside two solid rocket boosters at Kennedy Space Center’s Vehicle Assembly Building — meaning the rocket that provides the oomph for what ...
Working inside the iconic 52-story-tall Vehicle Assembly Building, ground teams used heavy-duty cranes to first lift the butterscotch-orange core stage from its cradle in the VAB’s cavernous ...