NASA Places Artemis 2 Mission’s Orion Capsule atop SLS Rocket in Preparation for 2026 Launch Written 22 October 2025
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Technicians prepare to fit a special fixture around an Orion capsule inside the Operations & Checkout Building at NASA’s KSC in Florida. | Credit: NASA
The Artemis 2 SLS rocket that will launch the next astronauts around the moon is all put together inside NASA’s Vehicle Assembly Building. SPACE reports, “Integrity, the Orion spacecraft that will fly NASA’s Artemis 2 crew around the moon as early as February 2026, was recently transported across NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) and hoisted atop SLS, completing the rocket’s assembly ahead of launch.”
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