Twin Solid Rocket Booster Segments Shipped to Kennedy | NASA Artemis III Mission

Twin Solid Rocket Booster Segments Shipped to Kennedy | NASA Artemis III Mission

"We’ve shipped the twin solid rocket booster segments for NASA’s Artemis III Mission to Kennedy Space Center in Florida to support America’s next step in returning humanity to the Moon."

Northrop Grumman shipped the final eight twin solid rocket booster motor segments from our propulsion manufacturing facility in Utah for NASA’s Artemis III mission to Kennedy Space Center, Florida, where they will be stacked this summer. Upon arrival, the booster segments will join the previously delivered segments shipped in April to be the first hardware assembled on the mobile launch platform. The solid rocket boosters are ready to support NASA’s goal of sustained lunar exploration and eventual missions to Mars.

Northrop Grumman’s solid rocket boosters—"the most powerful human-rated motors ever built"—enable crewed Artemis deep space exploration.

Northrop Grumman’s solid rocket boosters generate 7.2 million pounds of thrust at lift-off, providing much of the thrust needed for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) during the Artemis III Mission. It will send astronauts and critical cargo aboard the Orion spacecraft to test rendezvous operations in low-Earth orbit with human landing systems. 

Image Credit: Northrop Grumman
Release Date: June 3, 2026

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