'Wow. I'm part of history:' Look inside NASA barge carrying Artemis core
NASA's Pegasus barge arrived at Kennedy Space Center on April 27, carrying the Artemis III moon rocket's core stage. The core stage will be stacked in the Vehicle Assembly Building ahead of the mission's planned 2027 launch.
NASA's Pegasus barge delivered the Artemis III moon rocket's core stage to Kennedy Space Center's Vehicle Assembly Building. The barge arrived on April 27, carrying the 212-foot-long core stage from NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, Louisiana. The core stage was offloaded and rolled into the VAB, where it will be stacked with its solid rocket boosters ahead of the mission's planned 2027 launch. Artemis III will follow this month's Artemis II mission, in which four astronauts orbited the moon. The mission aims to land astronauts on the moon in 2028. Pegasus, NASA's barge since 1999, was originally used for ferrying space shuttle external tanks and was modified to carry the SLS moon rocket's core stage.
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