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Four engines for a big rocket

Photo: NASA
Photo: NASA

NASA’s Artemis program, with its goal to return astronauts to the Moon for the first time since the Apollo missions, is making significant progress. The mounting of all four RS-25 core stage engines onto Core Stage-2 (intended for Artemis 2) signifies an important achievement, as the space agency constructs its second Space Launch System (SLS) rocket.