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Teams transport NASA\u2019s SLS (Space Launch System) core stage into the Vehicle Assembly Building at the agency\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 24, 2024. Tugboats and towing vessels moved the Pegasus barge and 212-foot-long core stage 900-miles to the Florida spaceport\u00a0from NASA\u2019s Michoud Assembly Facility\u00a0in New Orleans, where it was manufactured and assembled.<\/p>\n
In the coming months, teams will integrate the rocket core stage atop the mobile launcher with the additional Artemis II flight hardware, including the twin solid rocket boosters, launch vehicle stage adapter, and the Orion spacecraft.<\/p>\n
The Artemis II test flight will be NASA\u2019s first mission with crew under the Artemis campaign, sending NASA astronauts Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Reid Wiseman, as well as CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back.<\/p>\n
Follow the next steps in this journey on NASA\u2019s Artemis blog.<\/p>\n