The second Core Stage for SLS, set to launch the first crew on Artemis II, is now scheduled to be ready for shipping by mid-December.NSF's Philip Sloss spoke with Jonathan Looser, NASA SLS Core Stage Design Team Lead, on the latest status:
Latest status of where things stand for Artemis II:https://twitter.com/genejm29/status/1658123935240667138Schedule estimates from second attached slide:- All Artemis II hardware complete and ready for delivery within 2023, with positive margins.- CM about to undergo final installations.- SM in integrated testing (with CMA attached).- CS-2 engined next month, completed a couple of months after that (complete by early Fall).- ICPS at the Cape, but in ULA facilities for now for testing.- LVSA ready for delivery.- SRMs awaiting action in Utah.- ML-1 on track to support current Artemis II launch date, including crew mods to pad.
Quote from: eeergo on 05/15/2023 02:57 pmLatest status of where things stand for Artemis II:https://twitter.com/genejm29/status/1658123935240667138Schedule estimates from second attached slide:- All Artemis II hardware complete and ready for delivery within 2023, with positive margins.- CM about to undergo final installations.- SM in integrated testing (with CMA attached).- CS-2 engined next month, completed a couple of months after that (complete by early Fall).- ICPS at the Cape, but in ULA facilities for now for testing.- LVSA ready for delivery.- SRMs awaiting action in Utah.- ML-1 on track to support current Artemis II launch date, including crew mods to pad.I miss the installation date for the RS-25 engines in these milestone pictures
NASA Prepares Artemis II Moon Rocket Core Stage for Final Assembly PhaseNASA and industry partners Aerojet Rocketdyne and Boeing have installed all four RS-25 engines onto the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket core stage for the agency’s Artemis II mission, signaling the core stage is nearing completion. Once complete, the core stage will be shipped to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. During launch, the rocket’s engines provide more than two million pounds of combined thrust. Image credit: NASA/Danny Nowlin
Welding problems have popped up for the LOX tank.... I thought they had gotten a handle over these issues...then again its Boeing we're talking about... https://www.space.com/artemis-2-moon-rocket-space-launch-system-welding-issues-report
SLS Core Stage prime contractor Boeing is back to two shifts a day at the Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) to complete the Core Stage for Artemis II by the end of the year.Philip Sloss visited MAF to sit down with officials to gain info on the latest.
Take a look at @NASAGroundSys' first look of the SLS booster processing for #Artemis II.The left and right aft motor segments are mated to the aft skirts which will be followed by the installation of the aft exit cones. Next, they will be moved for assembly.
The SLS rocket for #Artemis II has reached several milestones recently including the installation of all four RS-25 engines onto the core stage last month. Watch as technicians at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility install the engines:
Watch Crews Add RS-25 Engines to NASA Artemis II SLS Rocket Artemis II reached a significant milestone as teams fully installed all four RS-25 engines to the 212-foot-tall core stage for NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. During Artemis II, the four engines, arranged like legs on a chair at the bottom of the mega rocket, will fire for eight minutes at launch, producing more than 2 million pounds of thrust to send the Artemis II crew around the Moon. Boeing is the lead contractor for the SLS core stage. Aerojet Rocketdyne, an L3Harris Technologies company, is the lead contractor for the SLS engines. NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, manages the SLS Program and Michoud. Image credit: NASA
Nov 14, 2023Artemis 2's Space Launch System rocket core stage was fitted with 4 RS-25 engines recently at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. Footage courtesy: NASA/Evan Deroche/Steven Seipel/Eric Bordelon
Artemis II Astronauts View SLS Core Stage at Michoud Artemis II NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman and Christina Koch of NASA, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen view the core stage for the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket at the agency’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans on Nov. 16. The three astronauts, along with NASA’s Victor Glover, will launch atop the rocket stage to venture around the Moon on Artemis II, the first crewed flight for Artemis. The core stage, towering 212 feet, is the backbone of the SLS mega rocket and serves to support the weight of the payload, upper stage, and the crew inside the Orion Spacecraft. It also includes two massive propellant tanks that collectively hold 733,000 gallons of propellant to help power the stage's four RS-25 engines. The astronauts’ visit to Michoud coincided with the first anniversary of the launch of Artemis I. The uncrewed flight test of SLS and Orion was the first in a series of increasingly complex missions for Artemis as the agency works to return humans to the lunar surface and develop a long-term presence there for discovery and exploration. Image credits: NASA/Michael DeMocker
