Space Launch System Arrives at Kennedy for Artemis Moon Mission

0:00It's April 29th. This is Durham News Today, your AI-powered local news. NASA just got a massive boost for the moon return, with the core stage of the space-launch system rocket for Artemis III, rolling into Kennedy Space. Center This 212-foot beast built in New Orleans at my code, floated 900 miles by barge and hit Florida on Monday. It's packed with liquid hydrogen and oxygen tanks, ready for full assembly in the vehicle assembly building. Right after that, engineers hauled the top four fifths of the stage over on Tuesday to made it with the engines and boat tail section. They even live streamed the whole unload and move, giving everyone a front row seat to the action. This comes hot on the heels of Artemis II's epic 10-day loop around the moon, splashing down April 10th after launching the first. That crew snacked never before seen human eye views of the moon's oriental basin on their 694,000 mile ride.

1:00Artemis III steps it up next, testing docking between Orion and commercial landers from SpaceX or Blue Origin in low-earth orbit with the late 20. 27 launch eyed from Kennedy. As they stack this rocket, eyes are already on, Artemis IV, in 2028, set to drop humans back on the lunar South Pole for the first time. Once Apollo 17 paving that highway to the stars.