WATCH LIVE: Artemis rocket core stage arrives at Port Canaveral - WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando

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PORT CANAVERAL, Fla. – It takes a big barge to move a big rocket. A key piece of hardware for NASA’s Artemis moon rocket floated into Port Canaveral Tuesday afternoon in the final stages of its journey from the Gulf Coast.

The Space Launch System, or Artemis rocket, core stage was transported on the Pegasus barge to Florida after a successful green run test in Mississippi at NASA’s Stennis Space Center.

The SLS core stage booster, built by Boeing, contains the liquid hydrogen tank and liquid oxygen tank, along with four RS-25 engines as well as the computers that serve as the “brains” of the rocket.

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The Pegasus floated into Port Canaveral around noon Tuesday escorted by tug boats. The massive barge was visible from Jetty Park as it came into view and into the port.

Pegasus towed by tug boats was then pulled through the port and into the Banana River.

The Artemis-1 rocket core stage inside NASA's Pegasus booster arriving at Port Canaveral on April 27, 2021. (Image: WKMG) (WKMG 2021)

The core stage will eventually make it’s way to Kennedy Space Center where it will be stacked with the rest of the rocket inside the Vehicle Assemble Building.

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