The SLS core stage booster arrives at Kennedy Space Center. Photo: Boeing
The final piece of NASA’s next moon rocket was unloaded Thursday at Kennedy Space Center ahead of an uncrewed launch to the moon and back later this year.
The core stage of NASA’s Space Launch System, or SLS, rocket arrived by barge earlier this week after undergoing testing in Mississippi.
The 212-foot tall, 188,000 pound booster will help lift NASA’s Orion space capsule, designed to take future human missions to the moon.
The two solid rocket boosters that help lift the massive rocket have already been assembled and the capsule is undergoing its final checkouts before mating with the rocket.
NASA s SLS rocket moves to Vehicle Assembly Building
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The rocket booster that will help send Americans back to the moon has arrived in Florida.
NASA s SLS core stage rocket is at the Kennedy Space Center and slowly being moved into the Vehicle Assembly Building for stacking. Once inside, the massive rocket stage will be integrated with @NASA Orion and additional flight hardware ahead of the #Artemis I launch, NASA tweeted.
It arrived on a Pegasus barge on Tuesday from a space center in Mississippi. The rocket is being prepared for the Artemis missions.
NASA moves huge SLS moon rocket to prepare for lunar mission
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NASA s 212-foot-long SLS moon rocket is rolled to the Vehicle Assembly Building from the Pegasus Barge at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday. Photo by Joe Marino/UPI | License Photo
NASA s first SLS rocket is rolled to the Vehicle Assembly Building from the Pegasus Barge at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday where it will be prepared for an uncrewed lunar test launch later this year. Photo by Joe Marino/UPI | License Photo
NASA s first SLS rocket is rolled to the Vehicle Assembly Building from the Pegasus Barge at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday. Photo by Joe Marino/UPI | License Photo
The most powerful rocket ever built has arrived in Central Florida for its long-awaited test launch. NASA calls it the SLS for Space Launch System.If you look inside of the covered barge, you can get a quick look at the four big rocket engines at the base of the SLS rocket. It arrived at the Kennedy Space Center late Tuesday. The rocket comes with the hope of the United States sending astronauts back to the moon. The engines, which once powered the space shuttles, have already been test-fired. The rocket arrived for a test launch beyond the moon. It’ll be put on a mobile launch pad in the Vehicle Assembly Building. On that platform, already assembled, are two booster rockets that’ll be attached to the sides of the new rocket. The boosters are another artifact of the space shuttle era. The test launch is the first liftoff of the Artemis moon program and should be one of the biggest events to come along in quite some time. NASA’s trying to keep it on track. We’re st
Thursday, April 29, 2021 by Brendan Byrne (WMFE)
The SLS core stage booster arrives at Kennedy Space Center. Photo: Boeing
The final piece of NASA’s next moon rocket was unloaded Thursday at Kennedy Space Center ahead of an uncrewed launch to the moon and back later this year.
The core stage of NASA’s Space Launch System, or SLS, rocket arrived by barge earlier this week after undergoing testing in Mississippi.
The 212-foot tall, 188,000 pound booster will help lift NASA’s Orion space capsule, designed to take future human missions to the moon.
The two solid rocket boosters that help lift the massive rocket have already been assembled and the capsule is undergoing its final checkouts before mating with the rocket.