Artemis III Engine Section Moves to VAB. Technicians at NASAs Michoud Assembly Facility move the engine section of NASAs Space Launch System rocket for Artemis III to the VAB on November 17, 2022. This hardware makes up the lowest portion of the 212-foot-tall core stage; and when complete, it will house the four RS-25 engines as well as vital systems for mounting, controlling, and delivering fuel from the propellant tanks to the rockets engines. Together with its four RS-25 engines and its twin solid rocket boosters, it will produce 8.8 million pounds of thrust to send NASAs Orion spacecraft, astronauts, and supplies beyond Earths orbit to the Moon and, ultimately, Mars. Offering more payload mass, volume capability, and energy to speed missions through space, the SLS rocket, along with NASAs Gateway in lunar orbit, the Humane Landing System, and Orion spacecraft, is part of NASAs backbone for deep space exploration and the Artemis lunar program. No other rocket is capable of carrying