{"id":184773,"date":"2025-03-11T04:29:51","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T18:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?guid=e446a5c6e9214a9f5cded09609ad192a"},"modified":"2025-03-11T04:29:51","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T18:29:51","slug":"artemis-ii-upper-stage-delivered-to-kennedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=184773","title":{"rendered":"Artemis II Upper Stage Delivered to Kennedy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-image-carousel grid-container grid-container-block padding-top-8 padding-bottom-8 hds-module align wp-block-nasa-blocks-image-carousel\">\n<div class=\"hds-carousel-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-carousel-slider margin-0\" id=\"image-carousel-slider\">\n<div class=\"display-block width-full\">\n<figure class=\"margin-0\">\n<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper hds-image-carousel-slide margin-bottom-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/54375039087-2278aa1827-k-1.jpg?w=1024\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); 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Known as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/reference\/icps\/\">interim cryogenic propulsion stage<\/a>, it arrived at the Multi Payload Processing Facility (MPPF) at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.<\/p>\n<p>The upper stage traveled to the spaceport from ULA\u2019s Delta Operations Center at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.<\/p>\n<p>While at the MPPF, technicians will fuel the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/humans-in-space\/space-launch-system\/\">SLS<\/a> upper stage with hydrazine for its reaction control system before transporting it to the center\u2019s Vehicle Assembly Building for integration with SLS rocket elements atop mobile launcher 1. The rocket\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.nasa.gov\/artemis\/2024\/11\/20\/nasa-stacks-first-artemis-ii-segment-on-mobile-launcher\/\" rel=\"noopener\">solid rocket booster segments<\/a> are already assembled for launch and the core stage soon will be integrated, as will the launch vehicle stage adapter. The upper stage will be mated to the adapter.<\/p>\n<p>The four-story propulsion system is powered by an RL10 engine, which will provide Orion with the boost it needs to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/missions\/artemis\/artemis-ii-map\/\">orbit Earth twice<\/a> before venturing toward the Moon.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Photo Credit: United Launch Alliance and NASA\/Skip Williams<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA received the upper stage for the agency\u2019s Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket on Mar. 4 supplied by Boeing and United Launch Alliance (ULA). Known as the interim cryogenic propulsion stage, it arrived at the Multi Payload Processing Facility (MPPF) at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. 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