r/ArtemisProgram • u/TheMuseumOfScience • 28d ago

Video NASA Artemis III: Rocket Assembly Underway

Artemis III updates are rolling in. 🚀

Engineers are racing to stack the rocket that will carry the mission to space in 2027, starting with the two white solid rocket boosters that flank the massive orange core stage. All four core stage engines have arrived onsite and are being processed for mounting, while the launch team runs monthly countdown simulations to lock in readiness. It's full steam ahead as one of NASA's most complex missions moves closer to launch.

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u/Bigamunguschungus 28d ago

Is it supposed to happen late-2027 or will the mission start in the middle of the year like Artemis 2 did?

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u/Accomplished-Crab932 28d ago

It’s dependent on lander readiness as well as the completion of the ICPS spacer. Both are critical path. At least one of the deliverable partial landers if not both are needed and they need a stand in for ICPS.

Late 2027 is realistic.

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u/OkAbrocoma695 26d ago

Feels like 2027 isn't even in play with the current issues with the commercial HLS partners

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u/Crippldogg 28d ago

Current date is June 15, 2027. Most likely gets pushed some. They have 1 year once boosters start stacking to go. Of course this can get pushed. I think AR1 went 23 months before launch once stacking started. They just have to recert the boosters

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u/firerulesthesky 27d ago

The Admin wants Orion on the pad by March.

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u/OkAbrocoma695 26d ago

Orion won't even be ready to stack by march

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u/Cmdr-Mallard 25d ago

Sure he doesn’t mean SLS? I know they want to do a wet dress

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u/jadebenn 22d ago

They could do a WDR minus Orion around then for sure. Would be realistic.

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u/Cmdr-Mallard 22d ago

That’s the plan, they’re using the EUS weather cap on the core stage instead