Training, training and more training.
Between now and launch, the Artemis 2 crew and other teams at NASA will address mission parameters, spacecraft system performance checks, guidance system calibrations and countless other tests in order to prepare. They will undergo extensive hands-on training in the operation of Orion, the SLS, other launch hardware and specific scientific experiments they'll need to operate during the mission.
In addition to the human element, much of the hardware for Artemis 2 still awaits full assembly. Computer modules from the Artemis 1 Orion capsule have already been successfully transferred to the Artemis 2 Orion, and the launch vehicle's booster segments sit complete in storage at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The Artemis 2 SLS core stage is currently still at the agency's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. Once it's shipped to KSC later this year, the full vehicle will undergo stacking.
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