NASA Artemis Rocket Train Notes

Rocekts are built in https://maps.app.goo.gl/J4umSsSov4nSfJWT6

Loaded in a special railyard located in https://maps.app.goo.gl/Tsm1DWfWtd3UJ2Y96 Track layout has changed but facility has been there for a long time. on 08/2025 10 rocket cars, brown buffer boxcar, and one icebreaker guide car are present.

Corinne, Utah → Union Pacific → Memphis, Tennessee → Norfolk Southern → Florida East Coast Railway → Jay-Jay / Mims, Florida → NASA Railroad → Kennedy Space Center.

The train passed through 11 states: Utah, Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida.

Jay-Jay Siding in Mims, Florida

4 trains for 3 missions so far Train 1 https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/rocket-motors-for-first-nasa-artemis-moon-mission-arrive-at-spaceport/ 10 for A1. Arrived June 16, 2020 Train 2 https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/marshall/artemis-ii-sls-rocket-booster-segments-arrive-to-kennedy-space-center/ 10 for A2. Arrived Spet 25, 2023 Train 3 https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/missions/2026/04/28/nasas-artemis-iii-moon-rocket-hardware-arrives-artemis-ii-capsule-returns-to-kennedy/ 2 for A3. Part 1 arrived April 13, 2026. Part 2 June 2, 2026. Train 4 https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/missions/2026/06/04/final-artemis-iii-sls-booster-segments-en-route-to-nasa-kennedy/ 8 for A3

Cars are maintained here https://maps.app.goo.gl/Akz4Hpe9v2AU7VTj9