NASA / Sean Duffy
A few hours ago, NASA Acting Administrator Sean Duffy shared these online photos of the Orion crew capsule Integrity being mated to the Space Launch System inside the Vehicle Assembly Building's (VAB) High Bay 3 at Kennedy Space Center in Florida...completing the Artemis 2 rocket!
A series of tests will now be conducted—both with and without the four Artemis 2 astronauts—on the mega-Moon rocket and its Mobile Launcher while they sit inside the VAB. We'll have to wait till the U.S. government shutdown ends before NASA can finally release official images of Orion and SLS as they were being prepped for this major milestone over the past few weeks.
An NET February launch date is still being targeted for Artemis 2, but I wouldn't be surprised if this lunar mission takes flight (during a daytime launch?) in March instead. Stay tuned!
NASA / Sean Duffy
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