[NASA] Artemis II Rocket Booster Stacking Complete

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Engineers at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida completed stacking the twin SLS (Space Launch System) solid rocket boosters – seen in this Feb. 19, 2025, photo – inside the Vehicle Assembly Building for the agency’s 

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 crewed test flight around the Moon.

During stacking operations, which 

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 Nov. 20, 2024, technicians used a massive overhead crane to lift each booster segment into place on mobile launcher 1, the 380-foot-tall structure used to process, assemble, and launch the SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft.

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Image credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

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