The first Artemis rocket stage is on the move as it is guided towards NASA’s Pegasus barge ahead of its forthcoming journey to NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. The core stage for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) was moved from NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans to the barge in preparation for the core stage Green Run test series.

Although, the trip from the Michoud factory to the barge is only 2 kilometers, it offered rare opportunities to glimpse the SLS rollout. Amazingly, over 1,100 companies contributed toward the final production of the SLS rocket. Boeing building the core stage while Aerojet Rocketdyne provided the RS-25 engines.

The transportation of this behemoth is the latest step in the Artemis program’s mission to bring the first woman and next man to the Moon by 2024. When testing is completed, the SLS is aimed at becoming the most powerful ever constructed!

The first mission will not have a crew on board, instead performing a flyby within 60 miles of the Moon’s surface. Stand by for further details!