Saturn-Class Booster Arrives At KSC For Launch

Irene Klotz April 30, 2021
NASA's Pegasus barge at Kennedy Space Center
NASA’s Pegasus barge carrying the core vehicle for NASA’s first Space Launch System rocket.
Credit: NASA Drone Team
With the arrival of the Space Launch System (SLS) core stage at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, the ground is set for a pair of flight tests intended to reopen deep-space human exploration, 50 years after the Apollo Moon landings. “We spend a lot of time in the aerospace business designing and...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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