Teams prepare for the installation of the engine nozzle onto the European Service Module for NASA’s Artemis III mission on Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026, inside the high bay of the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The service module provides the Orion spacecraft’s propulsion, thermal control, electrical power, and life support systems during the Artemis III mission to send humans to explore the lunar South Pole region.