![Stacking the left center center booster segment on the Artemis II Space Launch System [Credit: NASA/Frank Michaux]](https://www.byteseu.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/1738473907_11wzls037nge1-1025x1536.jpeg "Stacking the left center center booster segment on the Artemis II Space Launch System [Credit: NASA/Frank Michaux]")
Artemis II Stacking – Left Center Center Prepped for Lift – SLS
Engineers and technicians with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Program prepare to lift the left center center booster segment shown with the iconic NASA “worm” insignia for the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket to the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, Jan. 24, 2025. The booster segment is shown attached to a lifting beam ahead of integration onto the mobile launcher. The boosters will help support the remaining rocket components and the Orion spacecraft during final assembly of the Artemis II Moon rocket and provide more than 75 percent of the total SLS thrust during liftoff from NASA Kennedy’s Launch Pad 39B.
2025-01-24
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The full resolution image posted this week is available [here on the NASA Image and Video Library](https://images.nasa.gov/details/KSC-20250124-PH-FMX01_0009). Caption text is from the same source. Teams at KSC have now stacked 7/10 booster segments.
Pro-tip: Check your O-ring before I blow it out!
Maybe don’t fully torque all the bolts. You’ll be disassembling it soon. /s