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Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater)<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/artemis-ii-osa-crop.jpg?w=2048\")
<\/a><\/figure>\nThe Artemis II Orion stage adapter, built at NASA\u2019s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. <\/div>\nNASA<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nMedia are invited to NASA\u2019s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, at 2 p.m. CDT Thursday, Aug. 14 to view the final piece of space flight hardware for the agency\u2019s <\/a>SLS (Space Launch System) rocket for the Artemis II mission before it is delivered to NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. All other elements of the SLS rocket for Artemis II are stacked on mobile launcher 1 in the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy. Artemis II, NASA\u2019s first mission with crew aboard the SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft, is currently scheduled for a 10-day trip around the Moon no later than April 2026.<\/p>\nThe Orion stage adapter, built by NASA Marshall, connects the SLS<\/a> rocket\u2019s interim cryogenic propulsion stage to NASA\u2019s Orion spacecraft. The small ring structure is the topmost portion of the SLS rocket. The adapter will also carry small payloads, called CubeSats<\/a>, to deep space.<\/p>\nMedia will have the opportunity to capture images and video and speak to subject matter experts. Along with viewing the adapter for Artemis II<\/a>, media will be able to see the Orion stage adapter for the Artemis III mission, the first lunar landing at the Moon\u2019s South Pole.<\/p>\nThis event is open to U.S. media, who must confirm their attendance by 12 p.m. CDT Wednesday, Aug. 13, with Jonathan Deal in Marshall\u2019s Office of Communications at jonathan.e.deal@nasa.gov<\/a>. Media must also report by 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug.14 to the Redstone Arsenal Joint Visitor Control Center Gate 9 parking lot, located at the Interstate 565 interchange at Research Park Boulevard, to be escorted to the event.<\/p>\nThrough Artemis, NASA will send astronauts to explore the Moon for scientific discovery, economic benefits, and build the foundation for the first crewed missions to Mars.<\/p>\n
For more on SLS, visit:\u00a0<\/p>\n
https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/humans-in-space\/space-launch-system<\/a><\/p>\nJonathan Deal<\/strong>
Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala.\u00a0
256.631.9126
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<\/a><\/figure>Media are invited to NASA\u2019s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, at 2 p.m. CDT Thursday, Aug. 14 to view the final piece of space flight hardware for the agency\u2019s <\/a>SLS (Space Launch System) rocket for the Artemis II mission before it is delivered to NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. All other elements of the SLS rocket for Artemis II are stacked on mobile launcher 1 in the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy. Artemis II, NASA\u2019s first mission with crew aboard the SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft, is currently scheduled for a 10-day trip around the Moon no later than April 2026.<\/p>\n The Orion stage adapter, built by NASA Marshall, connects the SLS<\/a> rocket\u2019s interim cryogenic propulsion stage to NASA\u2019s Orion spacecraft. The small ring structure is the topmost portion of the SLS rocket. The adapter will also carry small payloads, called CubeSats<\/a>, to deep space.<\/p>\n Media will have the opportunity to capture images and video and speak to subject matter experts. Along with viewing the adapter for Artemis II<\/a>, media will be able to see the Orion stage adapter for the Artemis III mission, the first lunar landing at the Moon\u2019s South Pole.<\/p>\n This event is open to U.S. media, who must confirm their attendance by 12 p.m. CDT Wednesday, Aug. 13, with Jonathan Deal in Marshall\u2019s Office of Communications at jonathan.e.deal@nasa.gov<\/a>. Media must also report by 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug.14 to the Redstone Arsenal Joint Visitor Control Center Gate 9 parking lot, located at the Interstate 565 interchange at Research Park Boulevard, to be escorted to the event.<\/p>\n Through Artemis, NASA will send astronauts to explore the Moon for scientific discovery, economic benefits, and build the foundation for the first crewed missions to Mars.<\/p>\n For more on SLS, visit:\u00a0<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/humans-in-space\/space-launch-system<\/a><\/p>\n Jonathan Deal<\/strong>
Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala.\u00a0
256.631.9126
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