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NASA integrates Artemis III SLS core stage with twin boosters

NASA integrated the Artemis III Space Launch System (SLS) core stage with two solid rocket boosters on Oct. 28 in High Bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Technicians used a unique lifting beam to raise the 212-foot stage from the building’s High Bay 2.

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NASA integrates Artemis III SLS core stage with twin boosters
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    The core stage was integrated with two solid rocket boosters in High Bay 3 of Kennedy’s Vehicle Assembly Building.

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    Technicians raised the 212-foot stage from High Bay 2 using a unique lifting beam.

Why it matters

This work is part of assembling the SLS rocket for Artemis III.

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