NASA Invites Media
to See Artemis II Moon Rocket Elements at Kennedy
JUN 14, 2024 MEDIA ADVISORY M24-072
NASA’s Pegasus barge delivers the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket’s core stage for the 2022 Artemis I mission to the turn basin at Kennedy
Space Center in Florida in April 2021. Credits: NASA/Michael Downs
Media are invited in late July to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to see progress on the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) Moon rocket as preparations continue for the Artemis
II test flight around the Moon.
Participants joining the multi-day events will see the arrival and unloading of the 212-foot-tall SLS core stage at the center’s turn basin before it is transported to the nearby Vehicle
Assembly Building. The stage will arrive on NASA’s Pegasus barge from the agency’s Michoud Assembly Facility
in New Orleans, where it was manufactured and assembled.
Media also will see the twin pair of solid rocket boosters inside the Rotation, Processing, and Surge Facility at the spaceport, where NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Program is processing
the motor segments in preparation for rocket assembly. NASA and industry subject matter experts will be available to answer questions. At launch, the SLS rocket’s two solid rocket boosters and four RS-25 engines, located at the base of its core stage, will
produce 8.8 million pounds of thrust to send the first crewed mission of the Artemis campaign around the Moon.
Media interested in participating must apply for credentials at:
To receive credentials, international media must apply by Friday, June 28, and U.S. citizens must apply by Thursday, July 5.
Credentialed media will receive a confirmation email upon approval, along with additional information about the specific date for the activities when they are finalized. NASA’s media
accreditation policy is available online. For questions about accreditation, please email ksc-media-accreditat@mail.nasa.gov. For other questions, please
contact Kennedy’s newsroom at: 321-867-2468.
Para obtener información sobre cobertura en español en el Centro Espacial Kennedy o si desea solicitar entrevistas en español, comuníquese con Antonia Jaramillo o Messod Bendayan a: antonia.jaramillobotero@nasa.gov o messod.c.bendayan@nasa.gov.
The approximately 10-day Artemis II flight will test NASA’s SLS rocket, Orion spacecraft, and ground systems for the first time with astronauts and will pave the way for lunar surface
missions, including landing the first woman, first person of color, and first international partner astronaut on the Moon.
Learn more about Artemis at:
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