Artemis II Core Level Is going Vertical – NASA

NASA’s SLS (Area Release Machine) Moon rocket core degree is vertical in Top Bay 2 on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024, within the Car Meeting Development at NASA’s Kennedy Area Heart in Florida.

The core degree arrived on July 23 to NASA Kennedy, the place it remained horizontal within the facility’s switch aisle. With the transfer to Top Bay 2, technicians with NASA and Boeing now have 360-degree get right of entry to to the core degree each internally and externally. The transfer additionally frees up extra space within the switch aisle to permit technicians to proceed transporting and integrating two cast rocket boosters onto cellular launcher 1 in Top Bay 3 for the Artemis II venture. Boeing and their sub-contractor Futuramic refurbished Top Bay 2 to extend efficiencies whilst processing core levels for Artemis II and past.

All the way through Apollo, technicians stacked the Saturn V rocket in Top Bay 2. All the way through the Area Trip Program, the prime bay used to be used for exterior tank checkout and garage and as a contingency garage space for the trip. The Artemis II take a look at flight shall be NASA’s first venture with group beneath the Artemis marketing campaign, sending NASA astronauts Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Reid Wiseman, in addition to CSA (Canadian Area Company) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, on a 10-day adventure across the Moon and again.

Symbol credit score: NASA/Adeline Morgan