Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
NASA’s Artemis III core stage arrives aboard the Pegasus barge at Kennedy’s Turn Basin on April 27. The SLS (Space Launch System) fourth-fifths core stage traveled 900 miles from NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans where the stage is manufactured and teams will complete assembly of the massive rocket inside the spaceport’s Vehicle Assembly Building.
NASA’s Artemis III core stage arrives aboard the Pegasus barge at Kennedy’s Turn Basin on April 27. The SLS (Space Launch System) fourth-fifths core stage traveled 900 miles from NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans where the stage is manufactured and teams will complete assembly of the massive rocket inside the spaceport’s Vehicle Assembly Building.










