Artemis 2

Artemis
Artemis 2
Kennedy Space Center
Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle
Crane operator Rebekah Tolatovicz, a shift mechanical technician lead for Artic Slope Regional Corporation at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, operates a 30-ton crane to lift the agency’s Artemis II Orion spacecraft out of the recently renovated altitude chamber to the Final Assembly and Systems Testing, or FAST, cell inside NASA Kennedy’s N
Posted July 26, 2024
Artemis
Artemis 2
Humans in Space
Marshall Space Flight Center
Michoud Assembly Facility
Space Launch System (SLS)
Members of the Artemis II crew met with the crew of NASA’s Pegasus barge prior to their departure to deliver the core stage of NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket to the Space Coast. NASA astronaut and pilot of the Artemis II mission Victor Glover met the crew July 15. NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, commander, […]
Posted July 19, 2024
Artemis 2
Michoud Assembly Facility
Space Launch System (SLS)
On July 16, 2024, the first core stage of NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket for the agency’s Artemis II mission began a journey from NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. The core stage was moved onto the agency’s Pegasus barge, where it will be ferried 900 miles to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in […]
Posted July 18, 2024
Space Launch System (SLS)
Artemis
Artemis 2
Common Exploration Systems Development Division
Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate
Marshall Space Flight Center
Michoud Assembly Facility
Stennis Space Center
NASA rolled out the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket’s core stage for the Artemis II test flight from its manufacturing facility in New Orleans on Tuesday for shipment to the agency’s spaceport in Florida. The rollout is key progress on the path to NASA’s first crewed mission to the Moon under the Artemis campaign. Using […]
Posted July 17, 2024
Artemis
Artemis 2
Humans in Space
Kennedy Space Center
Marshall Space Flight Center
Michoud Assembly Facility
NASA Centers & Facilities
Space Launch System (SLS)
Team members are installing pedestals aboard NASA’s Pegasus barge to hold and secure the massive core stage of NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket, indicating NASA barge crews are nearly ready for its first delivery to support the Artemis II test flight around the Moon. The barge will ferry the core stage on a 900-mile […]
Posted July 11, 2024
Artemis
Artemis 2
Humans in Space
Marshall Space Flight Center
Michoud Assembly Facility
Space Launch System (SLS)
NASA is preparing the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket core stage that will help power the first crewed mission of NASA’s Artemis campaign for shipment. On July 6, NASA and Boeing, the core stage lead contractor, moved the Artemis II rocket stage to another part of the agency’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. The […]
Posted July 9, 2024
Artemis 2
Andre Douglas
Artemis
Astronauts
Humans in Space
NASA has selected astronaut Andre Douglas as its backup crew member for the agency’s Artemis II test flight, the first crewed mission under NASA’s Artemis campaign. Douglas will train alongside NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen.
Posted July 3, 2024
Marshall Space Flight Center
Artemis
Artemis 2
Artemis 3
Artemis 4
General
Glenn Research Center
Humans in Space
Space Launch System (SLS)
As a child learning about basic engineering, you probably tried and failed to join a square-shaped toy with a circular-shaped toy: you needed a third shape to act as an adapter and connect them both together. On a much larger scale, integration of NASA’s powerful SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and the Orion spacecraft for […]
Posted June 25, 2024
Artemis 2
Artemis
Humans in Space
Kennedy Space Center
Marshall Space Flight Center
Michoud Assembly Facility
Space Launch System (SLS)
Media are invited in late July to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to see progress on the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) Moon rocket as preparations continue for the Artemis II test flight around the Moon. Participants joining the multi-day events will see the arrival and unloading of the 212-foot-tall SLS core stage at […]
Posted June 14, 2024
Missions
Artemis
Artemis 2
Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate
Marshall Space Flight Center
Michoud Assembly Facility
Space Launch System (SLS)
NASA will roll the fully assembled core stage for the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket that will launch the first crewed Artemis mission out of NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans in mid-July. The 212-foot-tall stage will be loaded on the agency’s Pegasus barge for delivery to Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Media […]
Posted June 8, 2024
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