REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. (WHNT) — Next Spring, the Artemis II mission will carry astronauts the closest they have been to the moon since the Apollo program. As launch day approaches, Marshall Space Flight Center is preparing to send off a crucial stage adapter.

"We are getting ready to go," said Marshall Space Flight Center Materials and Processes Engineer AJ Gallemore.

Marshall has wrapped up the Orion Stage Adapter. It is the final piece of hardware the Huntsville-based center will contribute to the Artemis II mission. The component is scheduled to depart North Alabama next week, making its way to Kennedy Space Center.

This adapter is the piece that separates the astronauts from the rest of the rocket's propulsion systems, connecting the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket’s interim cryoge

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