Pegasus: NASA's 310-Foot Barge Hauling the SLS Core Stage for Artemis Missions

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Pegasus: NASA's 310-Foot Barge Hauling the SLS Core Stage for Artemis Missions
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NASA uses the Pegasus barge to move the Space Launch System's 212-foot core stage and other enormous rocket components by water from Louisiana to Florida, a ship lengthened in 1999 to accommodate heavier hardware and already supporting Artemis II and Artemis III with future missions on the horizon.

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