{"id":451279,"date":"2026-06-11T02:05:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T16:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?guid=d4c55b0425f8f71b48fdb4dbb224a15a"},"modified":"2026-06-11T02:05:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T16:05:29","slug":"train-ride-to-nasa-kennedy-for-artemis-iii-booster-segments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=451279","title":{"rendered":"Train Ride to NASA Kennedy for Artemis III Booster Segments"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\">\n<div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ng-06022026-artemis-iii-booster-segment-shipment-to-ksc-1-31large.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1078\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ng-06022026-artemis-iii-booster-segment-shipment-to-ksc-1-31large.jpg?w=1920\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"A train with many different colored cars crosses a green bridge over a body of water. There are trees along the shoreline.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" loading=\"eager\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ng-06022026-artemis-iii-booster-segment-shipment-to-ksc-1-31large.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ng-06022026-artemis-iii-booster-segment-shipment-to-ksc-1-31large.jpg?resize=300,168 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ng-06022026-artemis-iii-booster-segment-shipment-to-ksc-1-31large.jpg?resize=768,431 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ng-06022026-artemis-iii-booster-segment-shipment-to-ksc-1-31large.jpg?resize=1024,575 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ng-06022026-artemis-iii-booster-segment-shipment-to-ksc-1-31large.jpg?resize=1536,862 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ng-06022026-artemis-iii-booster-segment-shipment-to-ksc-1-31large.jpg?resize=400,225 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ng-06022026-artemis-iii-booster-segment-shipment-to-ksc-1-31large.jpg?resize=600,337 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ng-06022026-artemis-iii-booster-segment-shipment-to-ksc-1-31large.jpg?resize=900,505 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ng-06022026-artemis-iii-booster-segment-shipment-to-ksc-1-31large.jpg?resize=1200,674 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA\/Brandon Hancock<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The final booster motor segments for NASA\u2019s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket that will help propel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0fLROeRhqZM\" rel=\"noopener\">Artemis III<\/a> astronauts on their journey to space shipped from Northrop Grumman\u2019s Railyard Shipping Facility in Corinne, Utah on June 2. The eight booster motor segments are on their way to NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida where they will form the SLS rocket\u2019s twin, five-segment solid rocket boosters, which produce more than 75% of the total thrust at liftoff.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/blogs\/artemis\/\">Follow the Artemis blog for updates on Artemis III and future missions.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Image credit: NASA\/Brandon Hancock<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The final booster motor segments for NASA\u2019s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket that will help propel Artemis III astronauts on their journey to space shipped from Northrop Grumman\u2019s Railyard Shipping Facility in Corinne, Utah on June 2. The eight booster motor segments are on their way to NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida where they [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-451279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=451279"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":451386,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451279\/revisions\/451386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=451279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=451279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=451279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}