September 26, 2023

Northrop Grumman delivers rocket booster segments for Artemis II mission

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Northrop Grumman delivered twin solid rocket booster segments to Kennedy Space Center in Florida. — Northrop Grumman’s twin solid rocket booster segments with Artemis II astronauts (from left to right: Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch, Victor Glover and Jeremy Hansen). (Photo Credit: Northrop Grumman).

Northrop Grumman delivered twin solid rocket booster segments to Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

The boosters will help power NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket for the Artemis II mission and are the first element of the SLS rocket to be stacked on the mobile launch platform in preparation.

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The boosters will provide 7.2 million pounds of thrust at launch.

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