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ALT A wide view of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center shows the Vehicle Assembly Building on the left and waterfront facilities along the turn basin under a bright blue sky. Dark blue water fills the foreground, bordered by green shoreline vegetation, while white industrial buildings and NASA and SpaceX barges line the opposite shore in the distance.
ALT NASA’s Pegasus barge and SpaceX's You'll Thank Me Later transport ship sit in the turn basin at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center with an American flag flying nearby and the Artemis Acceleration sign in the foreground. The large white barges are docked across the water under a clear blue sky, with Kennedy facilities visible in the background.
ALT A partial view of the orange core stage of the Artemis III rocket standing between two white solid rocket boosters inside of the VAB. The rocket spans several stories. Platforms on each floor surround the rocket. There are railings and equipment on every level. Credit: NASA/Sean Cannon
ALT Two employees in hard hats look up as a crane lifts the 212-foot core stage of the Artemis III rocket vertically into the transfer aisle of the VAB. Dominating the center of the image are four rocket engines on the bottom of the core stage. They are covered in red caps. Credit: NASA/Sean Cannon
ALT The bottom half of the orange core stage of the Artemis III rocket is suspended vertically in High Bay 3 of the VAB as a crane moves it into place above the mobile launcher. Several levels of observation platforms are visible behind the core stage and one of the solid rocket boosters is seen below. Credit: NASA/Sean Cannon
ALT The orange core stage of the Artemis III rocket is suspended vertically in the transfer aisle as a crane moves it into High Bay 3 of the VAB. Several levels of observation platforms are visible behind the core stage. Credit: NASA/Sean Cannon
