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Artemis IV hardware flows at Michoud

2026-10-03 Space

From the Space digest for 2026-10-03

What happened: NASA Marshall: the 130-foot liquid-hydrogen tank for Artemis IV moved to the vertical assembly building at Michoud; roll rings attach next, then primer.

What's genuinely new: small, real movement in the thread's "IV flow" chapter — the core stage's biggest single tank is staged while Artemis III sits ~3 months behind Isaacman's acknowledged schedule with both boosters stacked (Sep 30). No slip claimed; watch for the III core-stage milestone versus the slip.

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