NASA’s Artemis 2 moon rocket’s core stage exits assembly facility

The core stage for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, which is slated to launch astronauts around the moon for the first time since the Apollo era, was rolled out of the space agency’s Michoud Assembly Facility, in New Orleans, and transported to NASA’s Pegasus barge for shipping to the Kennedy Space Center, in Florida, July 16, 2024. Credit: | Josh Dinner Music: Through Stormy Weather by Philip Ayers / courtesy of