Artemis Three's Core Stage Arrives at Kennedy Space Center

0:00It's April 27th. This is Canada News today, powered by AI. A huge chunk of NASA's space launch system rocket just rolled into Kennedy Space Center on a barge from New Orleans, covering 900 miles. This is the top four fifths of the 212-foot tall core stage for next year's Artemis III mission, including the Liquid Hydrogen Tank, Liquid Oxygen Tank and other key parts. The bottom sections showed up last summer, so now they're piecing together the powerhouse for this big launch. Earlier this week, that barge named Pegasus delivered the hardware right to the turn basin, setting the stage for stacking the full rocket. But Artemis III has shifted gears. No moon trip like the upcoming Artemis II, Lunar Flyby. Instead, it'll send four astronauts into near-earth orbit to link up with lunar landers from SpaceX and Blue Origin. NASA's top boss, Jared Isaacman, pushed this change to cut risks and build launch rhythm after the three-and-a-half-year gap between Artemis

1:00I and II. He says, rushing straight to a moon landing would have dragged things out even longer, so they're smartly testing docking close to home first, just like. The Apollo days were missions ramped up step by step. Meanwhile, the mobile launcher from Artemis II is back in the vehicle assembly building for fixes, but damage was way less brutal thanks to upgrades. Against the rockets, 8.8 million pounds of thrust. Other pieces are inbound to solid rocket boosters soon, and four engines for Mississippi by July, with Orion modules and a fresh heat shield already. On site, stacking kicks off next year, rebuilding that launch muscle memory so Artemis IV can hit the lunar surface in early 2028, turning. Months between shots instead of years.