{"id":522128,"date":"2023-09-25T16:51:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T20:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=migration&p=522128"},"modified":"2023-09-29T11:35:26","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T15:35:26","slug":"artemis-ii-sls-rocket-booster-segments-arrive-to-kennedy-space-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers-and-facilities\/marshall\/artemis-ii-sls-rocket-booster-segments-arrive-to-kennedy-space-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Artemis II SLS Rocket Booster Segments Arrive to Kennedy Space Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ksc-20230925-ph-fmx01_0041large.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"985\" height=\"657\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ksc-20230925-ph-fmx01_0041large.jpg?w=985\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"The 10 booster motor segments that will form the NASA Space Launch System rockets twin, five-segment solid rocket boosters for the agencys Artemis II mission, arrive at Kennedy Space Center on Monday, Sept. 25, 2023.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ksc-20230925-ph-fmx01_0041large.jpg 985w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ksc-20230925-ph-fmx01_0041large.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ksc-20230925-ph-fmx01_0041large.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ksc-20230925-ph-fmx01_0041large.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ksc-20230925-ph-fmx01_0041large.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ksc-20230925-ph-fmx01_0041large.jpg?resize=900,600 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 985px) 100vw, 985px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">The 10 booster motor segments that will form the NASA Space Launch System rocket\u2019s twin, five-segment solid rocket boosters for the agency\u2019s Artemis II mission, arrive at Kennedy Space Center on Monday, Sept. 25, 2023. Due to their weight, the booster motor segments traveled by rail across eight states in specialized transporters to the Florida spaceport. Teams with NASA\u2019s Exploration Ground Systems will process each of the segments at Kennedy in preparation for launch. Artemis II astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen will blast off from Kennedy, traveling around the Moon on the first crewed mission under Artemis that will test all of the Orion spacecraft\u2019s systems. <strong><\/strong><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The 10 booster motor segments for NASA\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/nasa.gov\/sls\" rel=\"noopener\">SLS (Space Launch System)<\/a> rocket that will help propel the Artemis II astronauts on a trip around the Moon arrived at the agency\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida Sept. 25. They will form the SLS rocket\u2019s twin, five-segment solid rocket boosters, which produce more than 75% of the total thrust at liftoff, to send NASA\u2019s Artemis missions to the Moon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Due to their weight, the 10 booster motor segments traveled by rail across eight states in specialized transporters to the spaceport. Teams with NASA\u2019s Exploration Ground Systems Program now are preparing to process each of the segments inside the space center\u2019s Rotation, Processing and Surge Facility ahead of integrating them inside the Vehicle Assembly Building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe arrival of the SLS solid rocket booster motor segments is an important turning point as NASA and our Artemis partners begin readying for stacking and launch preparations for Artemis II,\u201d said Amit Kshatriya, Deputy Associate Administrator for the Moon to Mars Program Office at NASA Headquarters. \u201cFully stacked, these boosters for NASA\u2019s SLS rocket are the largest, most powerful ever built for spaceflight and will help send the first astronauts around the Moon in more than 50 years.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Manufactured by SLS booster lead contractor Northrop Grumman in Utah, the SLS solid rocket boosters have three major assemblies with the motor segment being the largest portion of the booster. Teams will inspect them along with the forward and aft skirt assemblies of the boosters. They will then rotate the segments to a vertical position in preparation for stacking operations for Artemis II. The top and bottom portions of the boosters were previously assembled in the Booster Fabrication Facility at Kennedy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once processing is complete, crews will move all the major segments one at a time to the Vehicle Assembly Building where they will get stacked to form each of the 17-story-tall boosters that flank each side of the rocket. Following completion, engineers and technicians will integrate the rocket\u2019s core stage. Together, the SLS rocket\u2019s twin boosters and the core stage\u2019s four RS-25 engines produce more than 8.8 million pounds of thrust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/artemis-ii\" rel=\"noopener\">Artemis II<\/a> is the first crewed Artemis mission and will test all the Orion spacecraft\u2019s systems with NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, along with Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen, aboard before future missions to the Moon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 10 booster motor segments for NASA\u2019s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket that will help propel the Artemis II astronauts on a trip around the Moon arrived at the agency\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida Sept. 25. 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