Today is Artemis Day at NASA

The Big Picture:

Today NASA unveiled the completed core stage of its powerful new Space Launch System rocket during "Artemis Day," Dec. 9, 2019, at the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, Louisiana. Administrator Jim Bridenstine spoke in front of the rocket stage which will power the first Artemis flight to the Moon, as NASA prepares to land the first woman and next man on the Moon by 2024.