Booster Segments for NASA's Artemis III Mission Transported from Utah to Florida

Booster Segments for NASA's Artemis III Mission Transported from Utah to Florida

This video follows the cross-country journey of eight of the ten solid rocket booster segments that will help power NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket for the Artemis III Mission. Transported by rail from Northrop Grumman’s facility in Corinne, Utah, to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the shipment marked the first trip for Union Pacific Railroad’s newest commemorative locomotive, No. 4547. Midway through the journey, the booster segments were transferred to another rail carrier, Norfolk Southern, to complete their trip to Florida. The ten booster motor segments will be assembled into the SLS rocket’s twin solid rocket boosters, providing more than 75% of the vehicle’s thrust at liftoff. 

Planned to launch in 2027, the Artemis III Mission will practice docking the Orion spacecraft with two lunar landers in low Earth orbit. 

On future missions, including Artemis IV in 2028, landers will bring astronauts to the lunar surface. While Artemis III will not land on the Moon, it will test the complex capabilities NASA needs to return—this time to stay.

For more information about SLS, visit https://www.nasa.gov/sls

Learn more about NASA’s Artemis program:

https://www.nasa.gov/artemis

Video Credit: NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
Duration: 1 minute
Release Date: July 10, 2026

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