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ALT Technicians work on Artemis III Orion crew module on Wednesday, March 5, 2025, at the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Technicians will continue assembling and testing the crew module and service module before integration in 2026. NASA/Rad Sinyak
ALT The Crew Module Test Article (CMTA), a full scale mockup of the Orion spacecraft, is seen during Underway Recovery Test-12 off the coast of California, Friday, March 28, 2025. The spacecraft is shaped like a cone and has black paneling. There are four yellow globe-shaped inflatables on top of the mockup. The mockup is floating in dark blue water. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
ALT A Navy MH-60 Seahawk from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23 approaches USS Somerset after recovering crew from the a full scale replica of the Orion spacecraft, during Underway Recovery Test-12, Thursday, March 27, 2025. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky
ALT ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano, left, and NASA astronauts Stan Love, Deniz Burnham, and Andre Douglas are seen as they prepare to take part in practicing Artemis recovery operations during Underway Recovery Test-12 onboard USS Somerset off the coast of California, Friday, March 28, 2025. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky
ALT Mission support teams are seen off the stern of USS Somerset as they practice with a full scale mockup of the Orion spacecraft, during Underway Recovery Test-12 off the coast of California, Wednesday, March 26, 2025. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
ALT The Artemis II Orion spacecraft is lifted from the Final Assembly and Testing (FAST) Cell and placed in the west altitude chamber inside the Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’S Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 28, 2024. Inside the altitude chamber, the spacecraft underwent a series of tests simulating deep space vacuum conditions.
ALT NASA’s Space Launch System rocket carrying the Orion spacecraft launches on Nov. 16, 2022, from Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The rocket is orange with white boosters. The trail of the rocket glows brightly against the blackness of the night sky. The launching rocket is centered between three lightning control towers and a water tower. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky
ALT Teams from NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems transport the engine section of the agency’s Artemis IV SLS (Space Launch System) core stage from the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to the spaceport’s Space Systems Processing Facility (SSPF) on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024. NASA’s Pegasus barge delivered the core stage engine section housing the four RS-25 engines from NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, Louisiana to NASA Kennedy on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024. The engine section is one the most complex and intricate parts of the rocket stage that will help power the Artemis missions to the Moon. Photo credit: NASA/Cory Huston