NASA Alters Artemis 3 Launch Vehicle Configuration Written 14 May 2026
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Artemis III core stage Arrives at KSC. | Credit: NASA
Space News reports, “NASA plans to fly the Space Launch System on Artemis 3 without an upper stage as the agency begins to define revised plans for the mission. NASA, in a May 13 update on Artemis 3, said the SLS will launch with an inert ‘spacer’ in place of the Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage on the mission. The spacer, being built at Marshall Space Flight Center, will have the same dimensions and interfaces as the ICPS.”
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