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The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA) has delivered the second core stage of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket to NASA.
Built at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility, this stage will send the Artemis II crew into lunar orbit for the first time in 50 years.
The Boeing-built rocket stage, the largest component of the Artemis II mission, will be transported 900 miles to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center via the Pegasus barge.
Upon arrival at Kennedy Space Center, the core stage will be integrated with the upper stage, solid rocket boosters, and NASA’s Orion spacecraft in the Vehicle Assembly Building.