7.5K views · 101 reactions | Erika Alvarez is the Lead Systems Engineer for NASA's Space Launch System — so what does a lead systems engineer do? Get the details and learn more about SLS in our newest episode of NASA's Rocket Science in 60 Seconds! go.nasa.gov/2WPOGgf | NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center | Facebook

Right now, 100,000 fasteners, 750 sensors and 45 miles of cabling are being installed in the NASA's Space Launch System core stage to prepare for its first flight with NASA’s Orion Spacecraft! go.nasa.gov/2KuxfYA | NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center

With less than a month from the earliest launch window for the Artemis II mission around the Moon, the crew has been fully immersed in training. Rollout of the rocket and spacecraft to the launchpad is scheduled for no earlier than Jan. 17. | NASA Artemis

NASA holds a news conference as it prepares to launch three U.S. astronauts and one Canadian astronaut on the first crewed lunar voyage in more than half a century. The 10-day flight around the moon will mark the second Artemis mission, the successor to the Apollo program from the Cold War era. The U.S. space agency said Artemis II is targeted to lift off no earlier than February 6, from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. #NASA #ArtemisII #Artemis #Apollo #KennedySpaceCenter

137K views · 8.8K reactions | Deep space exploration begins on American factory floors. The launch of #Artemis I will bring together the world’s most powerful rocket, NASA's Space Launch System, and NASA’s Orion Spacecraft capsule to prepare us to land the first woman and the next man on the lunar surface: | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Facebook