NASA’s mobile launcher enters the Vehicle Assembly Building following its approximately 4-mile trek from Launch Complex 39B at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, April 17, 2026, in preparation for Artemis III stacking operations. Teams will perform checkouts, inspections, and data analysis, and make repairs to the tower that saw damage during launch of NASA’s Artemis II test flight on April 1, 2026.
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KSC-20260417-MH-CSH01-0001-Artemis_II_Tower_Rollback_to_VAB-20568
Date Created
April 17, 2026
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KSC
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NASA/Cory S Huston
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VAB
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