NASA has shipped an essential component of its Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, a major step forward for the Artemis II mission, the first crewed mission in NASA’s Artemis program.
On August 21, 2024, NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, rolled out the launch vehicle stage adapter, a vital piece of the spaceflight hardware.
The cone-shaped adapter connects the rocket’s core stage to its upper stage and is crucial for safeguarding the engine that will...