NASA and Boeing Make Strides in Artemis II Mission and Commercial Crew Planning

Boeing has resumed two-shift operations at the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans to complete final testing and checkout of the SLS Core Stage, which will be used for the Artemis II mission. Testing is expected to be completed by the end of November, with final thermal protection system and configuration work to be finished by the end of the year. The stage will then be shipped to NASA's Kennedy Space Center for integration with the rest of the flight vehicle. The slowdown in work earlier this year was due to delays in the delivery of liquid oxygen feedline parts.