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Other SLS hardware for Artemis III is arriving in Florida. The first shipment of booster motor segments for the flight arrived at Kennedy on April 13. These components will form the twin solid rocket boosters for SLS, which generate more than 75% of the rocket’s thrust at liftoff. A second shipment of booster motor segments is expected this summer.

Shipped by rail across eight states in specialized transporters, the segments were manufactured by Northrop Grumman in Utah before making their journey to the spaceport. Teams are now processing the hardware inside Kennedy’s Rotation, Processing and Surge Facility, where each segment will be inspected and prepared for integration.

In the heels of a successful Artemis II test flight, teams at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida are pressing forward for the next Artemis mission. Technicians maneuvered NASA’s massive core stage of the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket inside the agency’s Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA Kennedy on April 28 in preparation for Artemis III, as the Artemis II crew module arrived back at Kennedy for post-flight analysis.

The Artemis III core stage will be placed horizontally in the transfer aisle of the VAB before being lifted into High Bay 2, where it will be connected to the engine section and its boat-tail, which were integrated in August 2025. At 212 feet tall when fully assembled, the core stage houses two propellant tanks that collectively hold more than 733,000 gallons of super-chilled liquid propellant to fuel four RS-25 engines, as well as the flight computers, or avionics, that act as the brains of the rocket to control flight during ascent. This marks the first time core stage assembly operations are taking place at NASA Kennedy.

Arriving on the opposite side of the spaceport after carrying NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen around the Moon and returning them safely to Earth, the Artemis II Orion spacecraft arrived back at NASA Kennedy’s Multi-Processing Payload Facility.
Now at Kennedy, technicians will begin de-servicing operations on the spacecraft. This includes removing payloads from the crew module, removing avionics boxes for reuse, and retrieving data on the spacecraft to better understand how it performed to inform procedures and plans for future Artemis missions. Orion’s heat shield and other elements will be removed for extensive analysis, and remaining hazards such as excess propellant will be offloaded.
While detailed Artemis II post-flight assessments are underway, engineers are completing major functional testing of the Artemis III Orion crew module at NASA Kennedy before joining it with its service module later this summer. All 186 Avcoat blocks for its upgraded heat shield have been installed, cured, and inspected. Teams also completed thermal cycle testing and ultrasonic inspections of the heat shield. The Artemis III Orion service module has successfully undergone thermal cycle testing, deployment checks of all four solar array wings, and installation of the adapter cone that connects Orion to the SLS rocket. NASA plans to integrate the crew and service modules with the launch abort system later this year.
Next year’s Artemis III mission will launch astronauts to Earth’s orbit aboard the Orion spacecraft on top of SLS to test rendezvous and docking capabilities between Orion and commercial spacecraft needed to land Artemis IV astronauts on the Moon in 2028.

The largest rocket section for NASA’s Artemis III mission arrived at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 27. The SLS (Space Launch System) core stage traveled 900 miles on the Pegasus barge from NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans where the stage is manufactured, to complete assembly of the massive rocket at NASA Kennedy.
Teams will transport the top four-fifths of the 212-foot-long core stage, the section containing the liquid hydrogen tank, liquid oxygen tank, intertank, and forward skirt, on Tuesday, April 28 to NASA’s Vehicle Assembly Building to join the previously delivered boat-tail and engine section in the facility’s High Bay 2 for outfitting and vertical integration to complete the full stage.
Artemis III will launch crew aboard the Orion spacecraft on top of the SLS rocket to test rendezvous and docking capabilities between Orion and commercial spacecraft needed to land astronauts on the Moon.
Watch a livestream of the unloading and transporting of the core stage to the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA Kennedy beginning at approximately 8 a.m. April 28

Nine-time GRAMMY Award-winning icons and one of the best-selling artists of all time Earth, Wind & Fire and Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, announce the release of Earth, Wind & Fire Greatest Hits 2LP vinyl. Greatest Hits is available for purchase and digitally here.

The Greatest Hits 2LP will also be available in a limited-edition aquamarine color exclusively via Amazon and is available to pre-order here. Earth, Wind & Fire will be Amazon’s Artist of the Month this June,which highlights the legendary group across Amazon Music with dedicated in-app marketing, curated “ReDiscover” playlists, out-of-home advertising, and additional promotional support throughout the month.

The band will continue celebrating their iconic catalog with a new slate of physical and digital releases arriving July 17, with vinyl pre‑orders available here. The upcoming releases include freshly pressed editions of I Am, Open Our Eyes, and That’s The Way of the World, alongside TheEssential Earth, Wind & Fire Remixes, which will be available exclusively in digital format.

The HBO Original documentary Earth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial vs. That’s The Weight of The World) opened the Tribeca Festival on June 3. The film explores the iconic group’s spiritual and musical origins and their lasting cultural impact. The film, produced and directed by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson (“Summer of Soul”), is out now on HBO and available to stream on HBO Max.

Earth, Wind & Fire will kick off a North American Tour this summer with legendary singer, songwriter, and producer Lionel Richie. The 26-city tour kicks off on Wednesday, June 24, at Grand Casino Arena in Saint Paul, making stops across North America in Toronto, New York, Los Angeles, and more before wrapping up in Austin at Moody Center on Friday, August 14.

NASA and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) elected to replace the wrist joint after it malfunctioned during normal Canadarm2 operations on May 27 after the arm drew elevated motor current and did not move as expected. Repairs to robotics, like Canadarm2, are normal and expected after more than 25 years of continuous operations, as the system was designed with replaceable components and planned maintenance in mind.

The faulty joint will be returned to Earth to be inspected and refurbished for future use on the robotic arm, if needed.

U.S. Spacewalk 95 was Williams’ second career spacewalk and the fifth for Meir. It also was the 280th spacewalk in support of space station assembly, maintenance, and upgrades.

NASA astronauts Chris Williams and Jessica Meir successfully removed the wrist joint that malfunctioned on May 27 during Canadarm2 robotic arm operations. They now are working to install the replacement joint, which was already attached to the orbital complex.

NASA astronauts Chris Williams and Jessica Meir successfully removed the wrist joint that malfunctioned on May 27 during Canadarm2 robotic arm operations. They now are working to install the replacement joint, which was already attached to the orbital complex.