The Orion spacecraft that will fly to the Moon on NASA’s Artemis 1 mission was lifted atop its Space Launch System (SLS) rocket on October 20, completing major assembly of the full vehicle stack.

Both the Orion spacecraft that will orbit the Moon on Artemis 1 and the SLS Boosters have started that ... monitoring system when we go out to the pad. That will help us have ground truth on ...

Once fully assembled, the Orion topped SLS will be rolled out to Launch Complex 39B for testing. The Artemis 2 mission is targeted for launch no earlier than April 2026. You can read and see more ...