# Artemis III Core Stage Arrival at KSC Timelapse (KSC-20260427-RV-FMX01-M20626)

This timelapse video captures NASA’s Pegasus barge, carrying the top four-fifths of the agency’s SLS (Space Launch System) core stage for the Artemis III mission, arrives at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Complex 39 turn basin wharf in Florida on Monday, April 27, 2026. Artemis III will launch astronauts to Earth’s orbit aboard the Orion spacecraft on top of SLS to test rendezvous and docking capabilities between Orion and commercial spacecraft needed to land Artemis IV astronauts on the Moon in 2028.

- Kind: Short
- Year: 2026
- Runtime: 2 min
- By: NASA Kennedy Space Center
- Genres: Space
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Artemis_III_Core_Stage_Arrival_at_KSC_Timelapse_(KSC-20260427-RV-FMX01-M20626).webm)
- Licence or status: Public domain (as the archive states it)
- Credit: NASA Kennedy Space Center
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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