# @nasaartemis on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Cnhyu5Yuclp
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/15341163-nasaartemis-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-01-17T19:28:05.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA Artemis (@nasaartemis) — https://gondola.cc/nasaartemis

## Caption

Artemis III, coming right up. 

Technicians at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility move the intertank of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket for #Artemis III to Cell G on October 26, 2022 to await application of the thermal protection system. 

Thermal protection systems protect space vehicles from aerodynamic heating during launch and re-entry. The intertank lies between the liquid hydrogen tank and liquid oxygen tank. Together with the engine section and the forward skirt, they comprise the SLS core stage. 

The liquid hydrogen tank and liquid oxygen tank hold 733,000 gallons (2.8 million liters) of propellant to power the stage’s four RS-25 engines needed for liftoff and Artemis missions to the Moon.

Credit: NASA/Michael DeMocker and Eric Bordelon

Image descriptions: 

1. A technician wearing a yellow safety vest, a hard hat, and safety glasses holds the bottom rim of the intertank of the SLS rocket for Artemis III and looks downward. The intertank is a pale yellow color. 

2. The intertank of the SLS rocket for Artemis III is seen suspended from the ceiling of a large warehouse. Technicians stand on various levels looking up at the intertank. The intertank is a pale yellow color, darkened by shadows. The intertank is shaped like a cylinder and is about the size of a small house. 

3. A technician stands on a balcony inside a warehouse and looks upward at the intertank of the SLS rocket for Artemis III being lowered from the ceiling. The intertank is a pale yellow color and is mostly in shadow. The technician is wearing a hard hat and jeans. 

4. A technician looks up at something out of frame. He is wearing a yellow hard hat, safety glasses, and a pale yellow shirt. He has a thick beard and a handlebar mustache. 

5. Technicians stand below the intertank of the SLS rocket for Artemis III as it is being lowered from the ceiling inside a warehouse. One technician guides a rope connected to the top of the intertank. The intertank is a pale yellow color and is shaped like a cylinder. 

#MegaMoonRocket #ArtemisIII #Rocket #Launch #STEM #MoonMission #LunarMission #Space #NASA #Michoud

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nasa, megamoonrocket, stem, rocket, launch, space, moonmission, lunarmission, artemis, michoud, artemisiii

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