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Artemis III Core Stage Forward Join Lifts from Stacking Cell
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Artemis III Core Stage Forward Join Lifts from Stacking Cell

NASA / MSFC · 2025-12-19 · photograph (digital archive)

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Move crews at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, lift the forward-joined flight hardware for the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket out of a stacking cell in the vertical assembly building on Dec. 19, 2025. The forward join, which consists of the intertank, liquid oxygen tank, and forward skirt, will be used on the core stage slated for NASA’s Artemis III mission. Teams moved the flight hardware from the cell and set it atop self-propelled mobile transporters.

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SLSMichoud Assembly FacilityMAFMSFCMarshall Space Flight CenterArtemis IIIArtemisSpace Launch SystemLouisianaMarsMoonNASA
Credit lineArtemis III Core Stage Forward Join Lifts from Stacking Cell. NASA/MSFC, 2025-12-19. Public domain. ID: MAF_20251219_CS3_FwdJoinOutCellD07.
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