Building a Moon Rocket🚀Artemis II Core Stage Integration | Kennedy Space Center
Teams with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) have lifted and moved the gigantic core stage booster onto the Mobile Launcher platform, followed closely by the Launch Vehicle Stage Adapter (LVSA) and interim cryogenic propulsion stage (ICPS). The core stage, with the twin side boosters, will generate 8.8 million pounds of thrust at liftoff, and the LVSA will support the upper stage of the Moon rocket during launch and ascent. The four-story propulsion system will enable the Orion spacecraft to build up enough speed for the push toward the Moon during the Artemis II crewed test flight.
The Artemis II test flight will be sending NASA astronauts Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Reid Wiseman, as well as Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, on a ten-day journey around the Moon and back.
Artemis II will launch no earlier than April 2026.
Learn more about NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket: nasa.gov/sls
Check the NASA Artemis II Mission page for updates: https://www.nasa.gov/mission/artemis-ii/
Duration: 1 minute, 16 seconds
Release Date: May 12, 2025
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