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id="primary" class="content-area"> <main id="main" class="site-main"> <header class="page-header"> <h1 class="page-title">Category: <span>Artemis II</span></h1> </header> <article id="post-2416" class="post-2416 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-artemis-ii category-exploration-ground-systems category-kennedy-space-center-2 category-nasa category-orion-spacecraft category-space-launch-system tag-integrated-ground-systems-tests tag-mobile-launcher"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2025/01/10/artemis-teams-successfully-test-uninterruptable-power-on-mobile-launcher/" rel="bookmark">Artemis Teams Successfully Test Uninterruptible Power for Mobile Launcher </a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <figure id="attachment_2418" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-2418" style="width: 840px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-2418" src="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2025/01/A2-ISVV-Test-8-completion.jpg" alt="infographic lists the eight verification and validation tests to support Artemis II" width="840" height="649" srcset="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2025/01/A2-ISVV-Test-8-completion.jpg 1650w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2025/01/A2-ISVV-Test-8-completion.jpg?resize=300,232 300w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2025/01/A2-ISVV-Test-8-completion.jpg?resize=768,593 768w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2025/01/A2-ISVV-Test-8-completion.jpg?resize=1024,791 1024w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2025/01/A2-ISVV-Test-8-completion.jpg?resize=1536,1187 1536w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2025/01/A2-ISVV-Test-8-completion.jpg?resize=1200,927 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-2418" class="wp-caption-text">NASA</figcaption></figure> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Teams with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) Program at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, successfully tested the new uninterruptible power supply for mobile launcher 1 while it’s in Kennedy’s Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). This marks the next set of </span><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/kennedy/nasa-kennedy-ready-for-artemis-ii-moon-mission-ground-systems-testing-2/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span data-contrast="none">integrated ground systems testing</span></a><span data-contrast="auto"> the EGS teams are conducting to prepare for the Artemis II crewed mission.</span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">During this test, engineers </span><a href="https://images.nasa.gov/details/KSC-20241216-MH-FMX01-0001-ISVV-7_Timelapse-M10920" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span data-contrast="none">turned off the power</span></a><span data-contrast="auto"> to the mobile launcher and verified new batteries, which are located in High Bay 3 of the VAB, did not negatively impact any systems. These batteries provide power to the mobile launcher, SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft and allow teams to safe all systems in the unlikely event the structure loses power while it’s inside the VAB. There are similar batteries that are used for the same purpose at Launch Complex 39B, from which crewed Artemis missions will launch. </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">The </span><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/mission/artemis-ii/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span data-contrast="none">Artemis II</span></a><span data-contrast="none"> test flight will be NASA’s first mission with crew under the Artemis campaign, sending NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, as well as Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen, on a 10-day journey around the Moon. </span></p> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard"><span class="screen-reader-text">Author </span> <a class="url fn n" href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/author/ajarami1/">Antonia Jaramillo Botero</a></span></span><span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted on </span><a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2025/01/10/artemis-teams-successfully-test-uninterruptable-power-on-mobile-launcher/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-01-10T10:31:52-05:00">January 10, 2025 10:31 am</time><time class="updated" datetime="2025-01-10T10:56:51-05:00">January 10, 2025 10:56 am</time></a></span><span class="cat-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Categories </span><a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/category/artemis-ii/" rel="category tag">Artemis II</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/category/exploration-ground-systems/" rel="category tag">Exploration Ground Systems</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/category/kennedy-space-center-2/" rel="category tag">Kennedy Space Center</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/category/nasa/" rel="category tag">NASA</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/category/orion-spacecraft/" rel="category tag">Orion Spacecraft</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/category/space-launch-system/" rel="category tag">Space Launch System</a></span><span class="tags-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Tags </span><a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/tag/integrated-ground-systems-tests/" rel="tag">integrated ground systems tests</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/tag/mobile-launcher/" rel="tag">mobile launcher</a></span> </footer> </article> <article id="post-2405" class="post-2405 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-artemis-ii category-exploration-ground-systems category-kennedy-space-center-2 category-nasa category-orion-spacecraft category-space-launch-system tag-artemis-campaign tag-christina-koch tag-integrated-ground-systems-tests tag-jeremy-hansen tag-launch-control-center tag-launch-countdown-simulation tag-moon tag-reid-wiseman tag-sls tag-victor-glover"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2024/12/19/artemis-launch-team-successfully-test-upgraded-launch-software/" rel="bookmark">Artemis Launch Team Successfully Test Upgraded Launch Software</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <figure id="attachment_2406" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-2406" style="width: 840px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-2406" src="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/12/KSC-20241206-PH-KLS02_0118large.jpg" alt="Members of the Artemis launch team participate in an Artemis II Terminal Count Simulation in Firing Room 1 inside the Launch Control Center at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, Dec. 6, 2024. Teams practiced running through the last hours of launch countdown as part of an integrated ground systems test the Exploration Ground Systems team is undergoing to prepare for Artemis II. This particular operation focused on testing the updated launch control system software the Artemis launch team uses to launch the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft." width="840" height="560" srcset="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/12/KSC-20241206-PH-KLS02_0118large.jpg 1920w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/12/KSC-20241206-PH-KLS02_0118large.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/12/KSC-20241206-PH-KLS02_0118large.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/12/KSC-20241206-PH-KLS02_0118large.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/12/KSC-20241206-PH-KLS02_0118large.jpg?resize=1536,1023 1536w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/12/KSC-20241206-PH-KLS02_0118large.jpg?resize=1200,799 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-2406" class="wp-caption-text">Members of the Artemis launch team participate in an Artemis II Terminal Count Simulation in Firing Room 1 inside the Launch Control Center at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, Dec. 6, 2024. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett</figcaption></figure> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Teams at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida successfully tested the launch control system, the software used to launch the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft for Artemis Moon missions. The evaluations, which took place in the firing rooms of Kennedy’s Launch Control Center, included testing that software, audio, and imagery displays </span><span data-contrast="auto">function </span><span data-contrast="auto">well together, as well as practicing a launch pad-abort scenario. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335559738":0,"335559739":0}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">Engineers with </span><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/exploration-ground-systems/"><span data-contrast="none">Exploration Ground Systems</span></a><span data-contrast="auto"> (EGS) Program </span><span data-contrast="auto">divided the test into two parts: </span><span data-contrast="auto">teams first ensured the software the Artemis launch team uses can handle multiple inputs at the same time. Following software testing, teams performed a launch countdown simulation starting at T-minus </span><span data-contrast="auto">2 hours and 30 minutes until li</span><span data-contrast="auto">ftoff, which included testing</span> <span data-contrast="auto">the “abort switch,” a switch only the launch director and assistant launch director can flip in the event an abort at the launch pad is needed.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335559738":0,"335559739":0}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">This marks the next set of </span><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/kennedy/nasa-kennedy-ready-for-artemis-ii-moon-mission-ground-systems-testing-2/"><span data-contrast="none">integrated ground systems test</span></a><span data-contrast="auto">s NASA completed to prepare for the Artemis II mission. </span><span data-contrast="none">The </span><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/mission/artemis-ii/"><span data-contrast="none">Artemis II</span></a><span data-contrast="none"> test flight will be NASA’s first mission with crew under the Artemis campaign, sending NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, as well as CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, on a 10-day journey around the Moon.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335559738":0,"335559739":0}"> </span></p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-2407 size-large" src="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/12/Test-123457.png?w=840" alt="Artemis II Ground Systems Testing chart." width="840" height="649" srcset="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/12/Test-123457.png 1650w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/12/Test-123457.png?resize=300,232 300w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/12/Test-123457.png?resize=768,593 768w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/12/Test-123457.png?resize=1024,791 1024w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/12/Test-123457.png?resize=1536,1187 1536w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/12/Test-123457.png?resize=1200,927 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px" /></p> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard"><span class="screen-reader-text">Author </span> <a class="url fn n" href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/author/ajarami1/">Antonia Jaramillo Botero</a></span></span><span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted on </span><a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2024/12/19/artemis-launch-team-successfully-test-upgraded-launch-software/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-12-19T08:55:43-05:00">December 19, 2024 8:55 am</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-12-19T16:46:22-05:00">December 19, 2024 4:46 pm</time></a></span><span class="cat-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Categories </span><a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/category/artemis-ii/" rel="category tag">Artemis II</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/category/exploration-ground-systems/" rel="category tag">Exploration Ground Systems</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/category/kennedy-space-center-2/" rel="category tag">Kennedy Space Center</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/category/nasa/" rel="category tag">NASA</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/category/orion-spacecraft/" rel="category tag">Orion Spacecraft</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/category/space-launch-system/" rel="category tag">Space Launch System</a></span><span class="tags-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Tags </span><a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/tag/artemis-campaign/" rel="tag">Artemis campaign</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/tag/christina-koch/" rel="tag">Christina Koch</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/tag/integrated-ground-systems-tests/" rel="tag">integrated ground systems tests</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/tag/jeremy-hansen/" rel="tag">Jeremy Hansen</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/tag/launch-control-center/" rel="tag">Launch Control Center</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/tag/launch-countdown-simulation/" rel="tag">launch countdown simulation</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/tag/moon/" rel="tag">moon</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/tag/reid-wiseman/" rel="tag">Reid Wiseman</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/tag/sls/" rel="tag">SLS</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/tag/victor-glover/" rel="tag">Victor Glover</a></span> </footer> </article> <article id="post-2394" class="post-2394 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-artemis-ii category-exploration-ground-systems category-kennedy-space-center-2 category-nasa category-orion-spacecraft category-space-launch-system tag-booster-segments tag-egs tag-mobile-launcher tag-moon-rocket tag-rocket-integration tag-sls tag-vab"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2024/11/20/nasa-stacks-first-artemis-ii-segment-on-mobile-launcher/" rel="bookmark">NASA Stacks First Artemis II Segment on Mobile Launcher</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <figure id="attachment_2400" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-2400" style="width: 840px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-2400" src="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/11/KSC-20241120-PH-GEB01_0016_b6857f.jpg" alt="Engineers and technicians with the Exploration Ground Systems Program stack the first Moon rocket segment – the left aft assembly for the Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) solid rocket booster onto mobile launcher 1 inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024." width="840" height="560" srcset="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/11/KSC-20241120-PH-GEB01_0016_b6857f.jpg 8192w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/11/KSC-20241120-PH-GEB01_0016_b6857f.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/11/KSC-20241120-PH-GEB01_0016_b6857f.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/11/KSC-20241120-PH-GEB01_0016_b6857f.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/11/KSC-20241120-PH-GEB01_0016_b6857f.jpg?resize=1536,1025 1536w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/11/KSC-20241120-PH-GEB01_0016_b6857f.jpg?resize=2048,1366 2048w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/11/KSC-20241120-PH-GEB01_0016_b6857f.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-2400" class="wp-caption-text">Engineers and technicians with the Exploration Ground Systems Program stack the first Moon rocket segment – the left aft assembly for the Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) solid rocket booster onto mobile launcher 1 inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. Photo credit: NASA/Glenn Benson</figcaption></figure> <p>Engineers and technicians inside the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida stacked the first segment of the <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/mission/artemis-ii/">Artemis II</a> SLS (Space Launch System) rocket boosters onto mobile launcher 1.</p> <p>Comprising 10 segments total – five segments for each booster – the <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/space-launch-system/">SLS</a> solid rocket boosters arrived via train to NASA Kennedy in September 2023 from Northrop Grumman’s manufacturing facility in Utah. The booster segments underwent processing in the spaceport’s Rotation, Processing and Surge Facility before being transferred to the NASA’s iconic <a href="https://www3.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/vabfactsheet_mar2019.pdf">VAB</a> for stacking operations.</p> <p>Technicians inside the 525-foot-tall facility used an overhead crane to lift the left aft assembly onto the mobile launcher. Up next, workers will install the right aft assembly, placing it carefully onto the 380-foot-tall structure used to process, assemble, and launch the SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft.</p> <p>The first components of the Artemis II Moon rocket to be stacked, the solid rocket boosters will help support the remaining rocket segments and the <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/orion-spacecraft/">Orion spacecraft</a> during final assembly. At launch, the 177-foot-tall twin solid rocket boosters provide more than 75 percent of the total SLS thrust during liftoff from NASA Kennedy’s Launch Pad 39B.</p> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard"><span class="screen-reader-text">Author </span> <a class="url fn n" href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/author/jpcosta1/">Jason Costa</a></span></span><span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted on </span><a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2024/11/20/nasa-stacks-first-artemis-ii-segment-on-mobile-launcher/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-20T15:42:09-05:00">November 20, 2024 3:42 pm</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-20T15:43:45-05:00">November 20, 2024 3:43 pm</time></a></span><span class="cat-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Categories </span><a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/category/artemis-ii/" rel="category tag">Artemis II</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/category/exploration-ground-systems/" rel="category tag">Exploration Ground Systems</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/category/kennedy-space-center-2/" rel="category tag">Kennedy Space Center</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/category/nasa/" rel="category tag">NASA</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/category/orion-spacecraft/" rel="category tag">Orion Spacecraft</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/category/space-launch-system/" rel="category tag">Space Launch System</a></span><span class="tags-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Tags </span><a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/tag/booster-segments/" rel="tag">booster segments</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/tag/egs/" rel="tag">EGS</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/tag/mobile-launcher/" rel="tag">mobile launcher</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/tag/moon-rocket/" rel="tag">Moon rocket</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/tag/rocket-integration/" rel="tag">rocket integration</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/tag/sls/" rel="tag">SLS</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/tag/vab/" rel="tag">VAB</a></span> </footer> </article> <article id="post-2367" class="post-2367 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-artemis-ii category-exploration-ground-systems category-kennedy-space-center-2 tag-artemis-ii tag-exploration-ground-systems tag-kennedy-space-center tag-launch-pad-39b tag-mobile-launcher tag-vehicle-assembly-building"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2024/10/03/nasas-mobile-launcher-rolls-ahead-of-artemis-ii-preparation/" rel="bookmark">NASA’s Mobile Launcher Rolls Ahead of Artemis II Preparation</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <figure id="attachment_2368" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-2368" style="width: 840px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-large wp-image-2368" src="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/10/KSC-20241001-PH-KLS01_0003.jpg?w=840" alt="" width="840" height="560" srcset="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/10/KSC-20241001-PH-KLS01_0003.jpg 6720w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/10/KSC-20241001-PH-KLS01_0003.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/10/KSC-20241001-PH-KLS01_0003.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/10/KSC-20241001-PH-KLS01_0003.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/10/KSC-20241001-PH-KLS01_0003.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/10/KSC-20241001-PH-KLS01_0003.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/10/KSC-20241001-PH-KLS01_0003.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-2368" class="wp-caption-text">Teams with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Program at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida prepare to move mobile launcher 1 atop the agency’s crawler-transporter 2 from Launch Complex 39B to the Vehicle Assembly Building on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. The crawler transporter recently reached 2,500 miles traveling to the launch pad since its construction in 1965. The mobile launcher will be used to assemble, process, and launch NASA’s SLS (Space Launch Systems) and Orion spacecraft to the Moon and beyond. Photo Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett</figcaption></figure> <p>NASA rolled closer to integrating elements of the Artemis II Moon rocket together as teams with the agency’s Exploration Ground Systems Program at Kennedy Space Center in Florida began moving the mobile launcher 1 from Launch Complex 39B along a 4.2 mile stretch back to the Vehicle Assembly Building. First motion of the mobile launcher, atop NASA’s crawler-transporter 2, occurred at 12:09 a.m. EDT Thursday, Oct. 3.</p> <p>Teams rolled the mobile launcher out to Kennedy’s Pad 39B in August 2023 for upgrades and a <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/kennedy/nasa-kennedy-ready-for-artemis-ii-moon-mission-ground-systems-testing-2/">series of ground demonstration tests</a> in preparation for NASA’s <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/mission/artemis-ii/">Artemis II mission</a>. These preparations ranged from a launch day demonstration for the crew, closeout crew, and the pad rescue team, to testing the <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/missions/artemis/artemis-2/artemis-emergency-egress-system-emphasizes-crew-safety/">emergency egress system</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2024/07/19/nasa-kennedy-teams-complete-water-flow-tests-for-artemis-ii-mission/">water flow system</a>, and the new liquid hydrogen sphere at the launch pad.</p> <p>On its way to transport the mobile launcher back from the pad, NASA’s <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/exploration-ground-systems/the-crawlers/">crawler-transporter 2</a> also achieved a milestone nearly 60 years in the making. Already designated by Guinness World Records as the <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/nasas-rocket-transporter-crawls-into-history-books-with-world-record/">heaviest self-powered vehicle</a> – larger than a baseball infield and weighing approximately 6.65 million pounds – the crawler reached 2,500 miles traveled since its construction in 1965.</p> <p>The mobile launcher is expected to arrive outside the Vehicle Assembly Building around 10 a.m. Thursday, Oct.3, before the <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/exploration-ground-systems/">Exploration Ground Systems</a> teams move it into High Bay 3 on Friday, Oct.4.</p> <p>Follow the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNCRQnKp5v4">livestream</a> of the mobile launcher on the move.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard"><span class="screen-reader-text">Author </span> <a class="url fn n" href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/author/tfairley/">Tiffany Fairley</a></span></span><span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted on </span><a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2024/10/03/nasas-mobile-launcher-rolls-ahead-of-artemis-ii-preparation/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-10-03T00:13:18-04:00">October 3, 2024 12:13 am</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-10-03T08:58:17-04:00">October 3, 2024 8:58 am</time></a></span><span class="cat-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Categories </span><a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/category/artemis-ii/" rel="category tag">Artemis II</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/category/exploration-ground-systems/" rel="category tag">Exploration Ground Systems</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/category/kennedy-space-center-2/" rel="category tag">Kennedy Space Center</a></span><span class="tags-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Tags </span><a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/tag/artemis-ii/" rel="tag">Artemis II</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/tag/exploration-ground-systems/" rel="tag">Exploration Ground Systems</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/tag/kennedy-space-center/" rel="tag">Kennedy Space Center</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/tag/launch-pad-39b/" rel="tag">Launch Pad 39B</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/tag/mobile-launcher/" rel="tag">mobile launcher</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/tag/vehicle-assembly-building/" rel="tag">Vehicle Assembly Building</a></span> </footer> </article> <article id="post-2351" class="post-2351 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-artemis category-artemis-ii"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2024/09/20/nasa-to-fly-international-cubesats-aboard-artemis-ii-test-flight/" rel="bookmark">NASA to Fly International CubeSats Aboard Artemis II Test Flight </a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in;vertical-align: baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif">NASA is working to fly five CubeSats from international space agencies on the </span></span><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/mission/artemis-ii/"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif">Artemis II</span></a><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif"> test flight, the first crewed mission under NASA’s Artemis campaign.</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif"> </span></span></p> <p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in;vertical-align: baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif"> </span></span></p> <p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in;vertical-align: baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif">In a ceremony at the German Space Agency DLR Sept. 18, Catherine Koerner, NASA’s associate administrator for exploration systems development, signed an agreement for Germany to fly TACHELES, a CubeSat that will collect measurements on the effects of the space environment on electrical components to inform technologies for lunar vehicles. </span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif"> </span></span></p> <p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in;vertical-align: baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif"> </span></span></p> <p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in;vertical-align: baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif">CubeSats are shoebox-sized payloads that have the potential to expand knowledge of the space environment. They will ride to space inside a ring that connects NASA’s <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/orion-spacecraft/">Orion</a> spacecraft to the upper stage of the <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/space-launch-system/">SLS</a> (Space Launch System) rocket. They will be deployed in high Earth orbit after the upper stage detaches from Orion and the spacecraft is safely flying free on its own and a safe distance away from the stage. </span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif"> </span></span></p> <p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in;vertical-align: baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif"> </span></span></p> <p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in;vertical-align: baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif">By working with other countries to fly CubeSats, NASA is increasing access to space for the international community and enabling its partners to expand scientific and technological knowledge. Although mission success for CubeSats historically has mixed results given their small size and the relatively low cost to develop them, the collaborations provide opportunities for NASA and other countries to work together to integrate and fly technology and experiments as part of Artemis.</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif"> </span></span></p> <p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in;vertical-align: baseline"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt;font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif"> </span></p> <p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in;vertical-align: baseline"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif">NASA will share more details about the additional countries it is working with to fly CubeSats on Artemis II, all of which are countries that have signed the </span></span><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/artemis-accords/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;text-decoration: none">Artemis Accords</span></span></a><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif">, as the international agreements are put in place.</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif"> </span></span></p> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard"><span class="screen-reader-text">Author </span> <a class="url fn n" href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/author/rkraft/">Rachel Kraft</a></span></span><span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted on </span><a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2024/09/20/nasa-to-fly-international-cubesats-aboard-artemis-ii-test-flight/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2024-09-20T14:51:26-04:00">September 20, 2024 2:51 pm</time></a></span><span class="cat-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Categories </span><a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/category/artemis/" rel="category tag">Artemis</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/category/artemis-ii/" rel="category tag">Artemis II</a></span> </footer> </article> <article id="post-2348" class="post-2348 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-artemis-ii category-exploration-ground-systems category-kennedy-space-center-2 tag-artemis-ii tag-exploration-ground-systems tag-kennedy-space-center"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2024/09/17/nasa-teams-update-camera-software-ahead-of-artemis-ii-launch/" rel="bookmark">NASA Teams Update Camera Software Ahead of Artemis II Launch</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <figure id="attachment_2324" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-2324" style="width: 840px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-2324" src="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/08/Test5.png" alt="" width="840" height="649" srcset="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/08/Test5.png 1650w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/08/Test5.png?resize=300,232 300w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/08/Test5.png?resize=768,593 768w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/08/Test5.png?resize=1024,791 1024w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/08/Test5.png?resize=1536,1187 1536w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/08/Test5.png?resize=1200,927 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-2324" class="wp-caption-text">NASA</figcaption></figure> <p>Following successful testing earlier this year of the high-speed film and high-speed digital cameras on mobile launcher 1 and Launch Pad 39B, teams at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida recently completed additional testing to gather more data for the film cameras ahead of the <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/mission/artemis-ii/">Artemis II mission.</a></p> <p>Building on the <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2024/01/29/nasa-kennedy-teams-test-high-speed-cameras-for-artemis-ii-mission/">first test</a>, engineers with the agency’s <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/exploration-ground-systems/">Exploration Ground Systems Program</a> updated the software that activates the film cameras remotely from the firing room at the spaceport’s Launch Control Center. Teams turned on the cameras remotely to demonstrate two different capabilities: triggering the cameras through the countdown clock, which is how these cameras will normally operate during the launch countdown, and activating them through the emergency camera control panel, which allows teams to turn on the cameras in the unlikely event of an emergency during launch countdown.</p> <p>The 68 high-speed cameras, which start during the final 12 seconds of the countdown, will provide views of the rocket and surrounding ground structures during launch. The imagery also is used in detailed post-launch analysis.</p> <p>This test is part of <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/kennedy/nasa-kennedy-ready-for-artemis-ii-moon-mission-ground-systems-testing-2/">integrated testing</a> to verify and validate the ground systems that will support launch. The <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/mission/artemis-ii/">Artemis II</a> test flight will be NASA’s first mission with crew under the Artemis campaign, sending NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, as well as CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, on a 10-day journey around the Moon.</p> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard"><span class="screen-reader-text">Author </span> <a class="url fn n" href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/author/ajarami1/">Antonia Jaramillo Botero</a></span></span><span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted on </span><a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2024/09/17/nasa-teams-update-camera-software-ahead-of-artemis-ii-launch/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2024-09-17T10:24:52-04:00">September 17, 2024 10:24 am</time></a></span><span class="cat-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Categories </span><a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/category/artemis-ii/" rel="category tag">Artemis II</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/category/exploration-ground-systems/" rel="category tag">Exploration Ground Systems</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/category/kennedy-space-center-2/" rel="category tag">Kennedy Space Center</a></span><span class="tags-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Tags </span><a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/tag/artemis-ii/" rel="tag">Artemis II</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/tag/exploration-ground-systems/" rel="tag">Exploration Ground Systems</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/tag/kennedy-space-center/" rel="tag">Kennedy Space Center</a></span> </footer> </article> <article id="post-2323" class="post-2323 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-artemis-ii category-exploration-ground-systems category-kennedy-space-center-2 tag-artemis-ii tag-exploration-ground-systems tag-kennedy-space-center"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2024/08/14/nasa-kennedy-team-completes-artemis-emergency-egress-system-demonstration/" rel="bookmark">NASA Kennedy Team Completes Artemis Emergency Egress System Demonstration </a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <figure id="attachment_2325" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-2325" style="width: 840px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-2325" src="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/08/KSC-20240811-PH-KLS02_1686orig.jpg" alt="Teams at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida are seen entering the Artemis emergency egress baskets on the mobile launcher 1 at Launch Pad 39B as part of a practice demonstration to learn the emergency escape or egress procedures ahead of the Artemis II launch." width="840" height="735" srcset="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/08/KSC-20240811-PH-KLS02_1686orig.jpg 5568w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/08/KSC-20240811-PH-KLS02_1686orig.jpg?resize=300,263 300w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/08/KSC-20240811-PH-KLS02_1686orig.jpg?resize=768,672 768w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/08/KSC-20240811-PH-KLS02_1686orig.jpg?resize=1024,896 1024w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/08/KSC-20240811-PH-KLS02_1686orig.jpg?resize=1536,1344 1536w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/08/KSC-20240811-PH-KLS02_1686orig.jpg?resize=2048,1792 2048w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/08/KSC-20240811-PH-KLS02_1686orig.jpg?resize=1200,1050 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-2325" class="wp-caption-text">Teams at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida practice the Artemis mission emergency escape or egress procedures during a series of integrated system verification and validation tests at Launch Pad 39B on Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024. Members of the closeout crew, pad rescue team and the Exploration Ground Systems Program practiced the process of getting inside and out of the emergency egress baskets. While the crew and other personnel will ride the emergency egress baskets to the terminus area in a real emergency, no one rode the baskets for this test. Instead, teams tested the baskets during separate occasions by using water tanks filled to different levels to replicate simulate the weight of passengers. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett</figcaption></figure> <p>Teams with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) Program at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center completed an <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/missions/artemis/artemis-2/artemis-emergency-egress-system-emphasizes-crew-safety/">emergency egress system</a> demonstration throughout the course of several days at Launch Complex 39B ahead of the Artemis II test flight that will carry four astronauts around the Moon.</p> <p>The <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/exploration-ground-systems/">EGS</a> team practiced emergency procedures during day and nighttime launch scenarios with the closeout crew, the team responsible for helping the astronauts get inside the <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/orion-spacecraft/">Orion spacecraft,</a> and the Pad Rescue team, which would aid personnel away from the launch pad in an emergency.</p> <p>Training included exiting the white room in the crew access arm of the mobile launcher, the area where the crew enters and exits Orion, while the fire suppression system was fully activated. The team then evacuated to the terminus area, the location at the perimeter of the launch pad where the emergency egress baskets come to a stop. For this test, personnel did not ride down the baskets, but did have the opportunity to practice getting inside the baskets when on the mobile launcher and exiting them at the terminus area. Once there, armored emergency response vehicles drove the team away to one of the designated safe site locations at Kennedy.</p> <figure id="attachment_2324" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-2324" style="width: 840px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="wp-image-2324 size-large" src="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/08/Test5.png?w=840" alt="" width="840" height="649" srcset="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/08/Test5.png 1650w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/08/Test5.png?resize=300,232 300w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/08/Test5.png?resize=768,593 768w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/08/Test5.png?resize=1024,791 1024w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/08/Test5.png?resize=1536,1187 1536w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/08/Test5.png?resize=1200,927 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-2324" class="wp-caption-text">NASA</figcaption></figure> <p>“Our latest integrated ground systems test is about demonstrating the capability of the entire emergency egress response,” said Charlie Blackwell-Thompson, Artemis launch director. “From the time an emergency condition is declared until we have the crews, both flight and ground, safely accounted for outside the hazardous area.”</p> <p>During a real emergency, personnel will use the <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/missions/artemis/artemis-2/artemis-emergency-egress-system-emphasizes-crew-safety/">emergency egress baskets</a>, which are suspended on a track cable that connects the mobile launcher to the perimeter of the pad. From there, they will travel down the 1,335-foot-long cables where the emergency response vehicles will drive them away to safety. Prior to this test and throughout the course of several months, teams conducted several basket release demonstrations to validate the system.</p> <p>During this test campaign the Artemis launch team also conducted an emergency egress demonstration simulation to practice how team members would respond to an emergency taking place at the pad during launch countdown.</p> <p>EGS team members will have another opportunity to practice the emergency egress procedures with the <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/feature/our-artemis-crew/#:~:text=Four%20astronauts%20have%20been%20selected%20for%20NASA%E2%80%99s%20Artemis,specialist%20Jeremy%20Hansen%20from%20the%20Canadian%20Space%20Agency.">Artemis II crew</a> during a test closer to launch when the rocket is at the launch pad.</p> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard"><span class="screen-reader-text">Author </span> <a class="url fn n" href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/author/ajarami1/">Antonia Jaramillo Botero</a></span></span><span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted on </span><a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2024/08/14/nasa-kennedy-team-completes-artemis-emergency-egress-system-demonstration/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-08-14T15:20:04-04:00">August 14, 2024 3:20 pm</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-08-14T15:38:55-04:00">August 14, 2024 3:38 pm</time></a></span><span class="cat-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Categories </span><a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/category/artemis-ii/" rel="category tag">Artemis II</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/category/exploration-ground-systems/" rel="category tag">Exploration Ground Systems</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/category/kennedy-space-center-2/" rel="category tag">Kennedy Space Center</a></span><span class="tags-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Tags </span><a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/tag/artemis-ii/" rel="tag">Artemis II</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/tag/exploration-ground-systems/" rel="tag">Exploration Ground Systems</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/tag/kennedy-space-center/" rel="tag">Kennedy Space Center</a></span> </footer> </article> <article id="post-2306" class="post-2306 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-artemis-ii category-exploration-ground-systems category-kennedy category-kennedy-space-center-2 category-nasa category-orion-spacecraft category-space-launch-system tag-artemis-ii tag-core-stage tag-michoud-assembly-facility tag-space-launch-system"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2024/07/24/nasas-rocket-on-roll-core-stage-arrives-at-vehicle-assembly-building/" rel="bookmark">NASA’s Rocket On Roll: Core Stage Arrives at Vehicle Assembly Building</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <figure id="attachment_2320" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-2320" style="width: 840px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-2320" src="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/07/KSC-20240724-PH-ILW01_0223.jpg" alt="After completing its journey from NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans aboard the Pegasus barge, teams with Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) transport the agency’s powerful SLS (Space Launch System) core stage to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center’s Vehicle Assembly Building in Florida on Tuesday, July 23, 2024. Once inside, SLS will be prepared for integration atop the mobile launcher ahead of the Artemis II launch. " width="840" height="560" srcset="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/07/KSC-20240724-PH-ILW01_0223.jpg 6720w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/07/KSC-20240724-PH-ILW01_0223.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/07/KSC-20240724-PH-ILW01_0223.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/07/KSC-20240724-PH-ILW01_0223.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/07/KSC-20240724-PH-ILW01_0223.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/07/KSC-20240724-PH-ILW01_0223.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/07/KSC-20240724-PH-ILW01_0223.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-2320" class="wp-caption-text">After completing its journey from NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans aboard the Pegasus barge, teams with Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) transport the agency’s powerful SLS (Space Launch System) core stage to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center’s Vehicle Assembly Building in Florida on Tuesday, July 23, 2024. Photo credit: NASA/Isaac Watson</figcaption></figure> <p>NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/reference/space-launch-system-core-stage/#:~:text=NASA%E2%80%99s%20Space%20Launch%20System%20%28SLS%29%20core%20stage%20is,the%20avionics%20needed%20to%20control%20the%20rocket%E2%80%99s%20flight." target="_blank" rel="noopener">core stage</a> for the Artemis II mission is inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.</p> <p>Tugboats and towing vessels moved the barge and core stage 900-miles to the Florida spaceport <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-ships-moon-rocket-stage-ahead-of-first-crewed-artemis-flight/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">from NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility</a> in New Orleans, where it was manufactured and assembled.</p> <p>Team members with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Program safely transferred the 212-foot-tall core stage from the agency’s Pegasus barge, which arrived at NASA Kennedy’s Complex 39 turn basin wharf on July 23, onto the self-propelled module transporter, which is used to move large elements of hardware. It was then rolled to the Vehicle Assembly Building transfer aisle where teams will process it until it is ready for rocket stacking operations.</p> <p>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> <p>The Artemis II test flight will be NASA’s 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> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard"><span class="screen-reader-text">Author </span> <a class="url fn n" href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/author/jpcosta1/">Jason Costa</a></span></span><span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted on </span><a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2024/07/24/nasas-rocket-on-roll-core-stage-arrives-at-vehicle-assembly-building/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-07-24T12:45:13-04:00">July 24, 2024 12:45 pm</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-07-24T13:03:54-04:00">July 24, 2024 1:03 pm</time></a></span><span class="cat-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Categories </span><a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/category/artemis-ii/" rel="category tag">Artemis II</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/category/exploration-ground-systems/" rel="category tag">Exploration Ground Systems</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/category/kennedy/" rel="category tag">Kennedy</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/category/kennedy-space-center-2/" rel="category tag">Kennedy Space Center</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/category/nasa/" rel="category tag">NASA</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/category/orion-spacecraft/" rel="category tag">Orion Spacecraft</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/category/space-launch-system/" rel="category tag">Space Launch System</a></span><span class="tags-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Tags </span><a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/tag/artemis-ii/" rel="tag">Artemis II</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/tag/core-stage/" rel="tag">Core stage</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/tag/michoud-assembly-facility/" rel="tag">Michoud Assembly Facility</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/tag/space-launch-system/" rel="tag">Space Launch System</a></span> </footer> </article> <article id="post-2302" class="post-2302 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-artemis-ii category-exploration-ground-systems category-kennedy category-kennedy-space-center-2 category-nasa category-orion-spacecraft category-space-launch-system tag-artemis-ii tag-core-stage tag-pegasus-barge tag-space-launch-system"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2024/07/23/nasas-artemis-rocket-core-stage-journeys-to-florida/" rel="bookmark">NASA’s Artemis Rocket Core Stage Journeys to Florida</a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <figure id="attachment_2314" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-2314" style="width: 840px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="wp-image-2314 size-full" src="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/07/Artemis-II-Core-Stage-Arrival-at-Kennedy.jpg" alt="Image shows NASA's Pegasus barge carrying the core stage for the Artemis II launch" width="840" height="555" srcset="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/07/Artemis-II-Core-Stage-Arrival-at-Kennedy.jpg 6172w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/07/Artemis-II-Core-Stage-Arrival-at-Kennedy.jpg?resize=300,198 300w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/07/Artemis-II-Core-Stage-Arrival-at-Kennedy.jpg?resize=768,507 768w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/07/Artemis-II-Core-Stage-Arrival-at-Kennedy.jpg?resize=1024,676 1024w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/07/Artemis-II-Core-Stage-Arrival-at-Kennedy.jpg?resize=1536,1015 1536w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/07/Artemis-II-Core-Stage-Arrival-at-Kennedy.jpg?resize=2048,1353 2048w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/07/Artemis-II-Core-Stage-Arrival-at-Kennedy.jpg?resize=1200,793 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-2314" class="wp-caption-text">NASA’s Pegasus barge, carrying the agency’s massive SLS (Space Launch System) core stage, arrives at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Complex 39 turn basin wharf in Florida on Tuesday, July 23, 2024, after journeying from the agency’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. The core stage is the next piece of Artemis hardware to arrive at the spaceport and will be offloaded and moved to NASA Kennedy’s Vehicle Assembly Building, where it will be prepared for integration ahead of the Artemis II launch. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett</figcaption></figure> <p>NASA’s powerful SLS (Space Launch System) rocket <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/reference/space-launch-system-core-stage/#:~:text=NASA%E2%80%99s%20Space%20Launch%20System%20%28SLS%29%20core%20stage%20is,the%20avionics%20needed%20to%20control%20the%20rocket%E2%80%99s%20flight." target="_blank" rel="noopener">core stage</a> for the Artemis II mission arrived on Tuesday, July 23, at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The core stage will help power SLS when it launches four astronauts around the Moon for the first crewed flight of SLS and the Orion spacecraft during the Artemis II test flight.</p> <p>The core stage, aboard NASA’s Pegasus barge, <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-ships-moon-rocket-stage-ahead-of-first-crewed-artemis-flight/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">traveled</a> from the agency’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans and spent seven days coasting through the Gulf of Mexico and then the Atlantic Ocean before arriving at NASA Kennedy’s Complex 39 turn basin wharf.</p> <p>The 212-foot-tall SLS core stage, its propellant tanks, avionics, flight computer systems, and four RS-25 engines, were manufactured and assembled at NASA Michoud. Now, teams with NASA Kennedy’s Exploration Ground Systems Program will prepare the rocket stage for integration ahead of launch.</p> <p>The only rocket that can send the Orion spacecraft, astronauts, and supplies to the Moon on a single launch is the Space Launch System. Its core stage provides more than two million pounds of thrust and the whole rocket provides 8.8 million pounds of thrust to launch Artemis II to the Moon.</p> <p>Up next, the core stage will roll to NASA Kennedy’s Vehicle Assembly Building, where teams will process it until it is ready for rocket stacking operations.</p> <p>Follow the livestream of the core stage offload <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@KSCNewsroom" target="_blank" rel="noopener">online</a> expected to begin at 9 a.m. Wednesday.</p> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard"><span class="screen-reader-text">Author </span> <a class="url fn n" href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/author/enilesca/">Elyna Niles-Carnes</a></span></span><span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted on </span><a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2024/07/23/nasas-artemis-rocket-core-stage-journeys-to-florida/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2024-07-23T11:38:32-04:00">July 23, 2024 11:38 am</time></a></span><span class="cat-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Categories </span><a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/category/artemis-ii/" rel="category tag">Artemis II</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/category/exploration-ground-systems/" rel="category tag">Exploration Ground Systems</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/category/kennedy/" rel="category tag">Kennedy</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/category/kennedy-space-center-2/" rel="category tag">Kennedy Space Center</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/category/nasa/" rel="category tag">NASA</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/category/orion-spacecraft/" rel="category tag">Orion Spacecraft</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/category/space-launch-system/" rel="category tag">Space Launch System</a></span><span class="tags-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Tags </span><a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/tag/artemis-ii/" rel="tag">Artemis II</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/tag/core-stage/" rel="tag">Core stage</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/tag/pegasus-barge/" rel="tag">Pegasus barge</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/tag/space-launch-system/" rel="tag">Space Launch System</a></span> </footer> </article> <article id="post-2296" class="post-2296 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-artemis category-artemis-ii category-exploration-ground-systems category-kennedy-space-center-2 tag-artemis-ii tag-exploration-ground-systems tag-kennedy-space-center"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2024/07/19/nasa-kennedy-teams-complete-water-flow-tests-for-artemis-ii-mission/" rel="bookmark">NASA Kennedy Teams Complete Water Flow Tests for Artemis II Mission </a></h2> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <figure id="attachment_2298" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-2298" style="width: 840px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-2298" src="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/07/KSC-20231024-PH-KLS01_0066orig.jpg" alt="" width="840" height="560" srcset="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/07/KSC-20231024-PH-KLS01_0066orig.jpg 6720w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/07/KSC-20231024-PH-KLS01_0066orig.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/07/KSC-20231024-PH-KLS01_0066orig.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/07/KSC-20231024-PH-KLS01_0066orig.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/07/KSC-20231024-PH-KLS01_0066orig.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/07/KSC-20231024-PH-KLS01_0066orig.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/07/KSC-20231024-PH-KLS01_0066orig.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-2298" class="wp-caption-text">NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems conducts a water flow test with the mobile launcher at Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39B in Florida on Oct. 24, 2023. It is the third in a series of tests to verify the overpressure protection and sound suppression system is ready for launch of the Artemis II mission. During liftoff, 400,000 gallons of water will rush onto the pad to help protect NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket, Orion spacecraft, mobile launcher, and launch pad from any over pressurization and extreme sound produced during ignition and liftoff. Photo Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett</figcaption></figure> <p><span data-contrast="none">Teams with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Program successfully completed tests of the ignition overpressure protection and sound suppression and launch cooling systems at Launch Pad 39B at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. These systems will protect the mobile launcher umbilicals and other crucial ground systems during liftoff of the </span><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/mission/artemis-ii/"><span data-contrast="none">Artemis II</span></a><span data-contrast="none"> mission.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">When SLS’s (Space Launch System) solid rocket boosters ignite, the RS-25 engines start up, and the rocket comes to life, there will be a thundering amount of noise, heat, and energy produced at liftoff. To ensure the crew, SLS, the Orion spacecraft and the surrounding ground infrastructure are protected during launch, teams practiced releasing approximately <a href="https://images.nasa.gov/details/KSC-20231024-MH-CSH01-0001-Artemis_II_Water_Deluge_Test_39_B-M1718">400,000 gallons of water</a> from large overhead holding tanks onto the mobile launcher and the pad’s flame deflector. The water will provide protection from the extreme heat generated by SLS’s exhaust and help suppress the sound produced at liftoff.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">Recent upgrades to the </span><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/exploration-ground-systems/mobile-launcher/"><span data-contrast="none">mobile launcher</span></a><span data-contrast="none"> were designed to enhance the performance of these systems and assure better launch imagery. Some of the upgrades include:</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p> <ul> <li><span data-contrast="none">New water balancing plates on the mobile launcher and pad piping to allow higher water flow rates </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="none">Redesigned rainbird water nozzles to allow increased water flow rates and improved mobile launcher deck water coverage</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="none">New hydrogen burn-off ignitor and camera water barriers for protection from the increased mobile launcher deck water flow </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="none">Raised camera housings and additional splash shields around the lenses to maximize amount of video obtained during launch</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="none">Adding additional levels on the mobile launcher to protect the emergency egress baskets and pilot line hoist motors </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li> </ul> <p><span data-contrast="none">The water flows were conducted as part of a series of </span><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/nasa-kennedy-ready-for-artemis-ii-moon-mission-ground-systems-testing-2/"><span data-contrast="none">integrated ground systems tests</span></a><span data-contrast="none"> intended to confirm that various systems on the mobile launcher and at Launch Pad 39B work as intended, both individually and with each other.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">The Artemis II mission builds on the success of the uncrewed Artemis I mission and will demonstrate a broad range of capabilities needed for missions to the Moon and beyond. The Artemis II test flight will be NASA’s first mission with crew aboard the SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft and confirm the spacecraft systems operate as designed with crew aboard in the environment of deep space. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2297" src="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/07/Test4.png" alt="" width="840" height="649" srcset="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/07/Test4.png 1650w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/07/Test4.png?resize=300,232 300w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/07/Test4.png?resize=768,593 768w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/07/Test4.png?resize=1024,791 1024w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/07/Test4.png?resize=1536,1187 1536w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2024/07/Test4.png?resize=1200,927 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px" /></p> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard"><span class="screen-reader-text">Author </span> <a class="url fn n" href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/author/ajarami1/">Antonia Jaramillo Botero</a></span></span><span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted on </span><a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2024/07/19/nasa-kennedy-teams-complete-water-flow-tests-for-artemis-ii-mission/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2024-07-19T10:11:35-04:00">July 19, 2024 10:11 am</time></a></span><span class="cat-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Categories </span><a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/category/artemis/" rel="category tag">Artemis</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/category/artemis-ii/" rel="category tag">Artemis II</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/category/exploration-ground-systems/" rel="category tag">Exploration Ground Systems</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/category/kennedy-space-center-2/" rel="category tag">Kennedy Space Center</a></span><span class="tags-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Tags </span><a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/tag/artemis-ii/" rel="tag">Artemis II</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/tag/exploration-ground-systems/" rel="tag">Exploration Ground Systems</a>, <a href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/tag/kennedy-space-center/" rel="tag">Kennedy Space Center</a></span> </footer> </article> <nav class="navigation pagination" aria-label="Posts"> <h2 class="screen-reader-text">Posts navigation</h2> <div class="nav-links"><span aria-current="page" class="page-numbers current"><span class="meta-nav screen-reader-text">Page </span>1</span> <a class="page-numbers" href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/category/artemis-ii/page/2/"><span class="meta-nav screen-reader-text">Page </span>2</a> <a class="page-numbers" href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/category/artemis-ii/page/3/"><span class="meta-nav screen-reader-text">Page </span>3</a> <a class="next page-numbers" href="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/category/artemis-ii/page/2/">Next page</a></div> </nav> </main> </div> <aside id="secondary" class="sidebar widget-area"> <section id="media_image-3" class="widget widget_media_image"><img width="840" height="783" src="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2022/01/Artemis-Logo-Color-Positive-CMYK-01.png" class="image wp-image-735 attachment-full size-full" alt="Artemis logo" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2022/01/Artemis-Logo-Color-Positive-CMYK-01.png 2084w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2022/01/Artemis-Logo-Color-Positive-CMYK-01-300x280.png 300w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2022/01/Artemis-Logo-Color-Positive-CMYK-01-1024x954.png 1024w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2022/01/Artemis-Logo-Color-Positive-CMYK-01-768x716.png 768w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2022/01/Artemis-Logo-Color-Positive-CMYK-01-1536x1431.png 1536w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2022/01/Artemis-Logo-Color-Positive-CMYK-01-2048x1908.png 2048w, https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/wp-content/uploads/sites/303/2022/01/Artemis-Logo-Color-Positive-CMYK-01-1200x1118.png 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px" /></section><section id="custom_html-3" class="widget_text widget widget_custom_html"><h2 class="widget-title">About</h2><div class="textwidget custom-html-widget">Artemis is the first step in the next era of human exploration. 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