{"id":11505,"date":"2024-07-18T18:12:58","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T22:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zobi.alcowep.com\/bourtagshdrevxnls658739\/from-one-crew-to-another-artemis-ii-astronauts-meet-nasa-barge-crew\/"},"modified":"2024-07-18T18:12:58","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T22:12:58","slug":"from-one-crew-to-another-artemis-ii-astronauts-meet-nasa-barge-crew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zobi.alcowep.com\/bourtagshdrevxnls658739\/from-one-crew-to-another-artemis-ii-astronauts-meet-nasa-barge-crew\/","title":{"rendered":"From One Crew to Another: Artemis II Astronauts Meet NASA Barge Crew"},"content":{"rendered":"

From One Crew to Another: Artemis II Astronauts Meet NASA Barge Crew<\/h2>\n

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Members of the Artemis II crew met with the crew of NASA\u2019s Pegasus barge prior to their departure to deliver the core stage<\/a> of NASA\u2019s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket to the Space Coast. <\/p>\n

NASA astronaut and pilot of the Artemis II mission Victor Glover met the crew July 15.<\/p>\n

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From left to right: Ashley Marlar, Jamie Crews, Nick Owen, Jeffery Whitehead, Scott Ledet, Jason Dickerson, John Campbell, NASA astronaut Victor Glover, Farid Sayah, Kelton Hutchinson, Terry Fitzgerald, Bryan Jones, and Joe Robinson.<\/div>\n
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NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, commander, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist, visited the barge July 16 shortly before the flight hardware was loaded onto it.<\/p>\n

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The Pegasus crew and team, from left, includes Kelton Hutchinson, Jeffery Whitehead, Jason Dickerson, Arlan Cochran, John Brunson, NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, Marc Verhage, Terry Fitzgerald, Scott Ledet, CSA astronaut Jeremy Hansen, Wil Daly, Ashley Marlar, Farid Sayah, Jamie Crews, Joe Robinson, and Nick Owen.<\/div>\n
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Pegasus is currently transporting the SLS core stage from NASA\u2019s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans to NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where it will be integrated and prepared for launch. During the Artemis II test flight, the core stage with its four RS-25 engines will provide more than 2 million pounds of thrust to help send the Artemis II crew around the Moon.<\/p>\n

Pegasus<\/a>, which was previously used to ferry space shuttle tanks, was modified and refurbished to ferry the SLS rocket\u2019s massive core stage. At 212 feet in length and 27.6 feet in diameter, the Moon rocket stage is more than 50 feet longer than the space shuttle external tank.<\/p>\n

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Members of NASA\u2019s Pegasus barge crew meet with Artemis II crew members at NASA\u2019s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans July 15 and 16. <\/div>\n
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Members of NASA\u2019s Pegasus barge crew meet with Artemis II crew members at NASA\u2019s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans July 15 and 16. <\/div>\n
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Members of NASA\u2019s Pegasus barge crew meet with Artemis II crew members at NASA\u2019s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans July 15 and 16. <\/div>\n
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Members of NASA\u2019s Pegasus barge crew meet with Artemis II crew members at NASA\u2019s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans July 15 and 16.<\/div>\n
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