Tag: Mississippi
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Core of NASA’s first Artemis moon rocket towed into Vehicle Assembly Building
The 212-foot-long core stage for the Artemis 1 mission rolls into the Vehicle Assembly Building Thursday at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: Stephen Clark / Spaceflight Now A decade in the making, the core stage for NASA’s first Space Launch System heavy-lift rocket rolled into the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space…
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NASA barge delivers first SLS core stage to Kennedy Space Center
NASA’s Pegasus barge arrives in the Turn Basin at the Kennedy Space Center Tuesday evening. Credit: Steven Young / Spaceflight Now The core stage of NASA’s first Space Launch System heavy-lift rocket arrived at the Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday evening aboard a specially-built barge, completing a voyage by sea from a test site in…
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SLS core ready for shipment to Florida; NASA still hopes for late 2021 launch
Teams at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi hoist the Space Launch System core stage out of the B-2 test stand April 19 after a hot fire test March 18. Credit: NASA Teams at Stennis Space Center in Mississippi removed the core of NASA’s first Space Launch System heavy-lift rocket from a test stand earlier…