Artemis III rocket booster stacking is nearly complete
NASA’s Kennedy Space Center says the boosters, each 177 feet tall, will provide most of the Space Launch System rocket’s 8.8 million pounds of thrust.
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NASA’s Kennedy Space Center said on September 15, 2026, that booster stacking for the Artemis III Space Launch System rocket was nearly complete. The center says the boosters will supply the majority of the rocket’s 8.8 million pounds of thrust to propel four astronauts aboard Orion to low Earth orbit.
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