Monday, November 18, 2024

Stacking Will Soon Begin on the Second SLS Rocket for Launch!

Inside Kennedy Space Center's Rotation, Processing and Surge Facility in Florida, NASA engineers and technicians prep an aft assembly for one of the Space Launch System's twin solid rocket boosters on November 13, 2024...for its impending move to the Vehicle Assembly Building for Artemis 2 stacking operations.
NASA / Kim Shiflett

NASA Prepares for Artemis II Rocket Integration (News Release)

Since the mobile launcher returned in October from Launch Complex 39B to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, work has been underway for upcoming stacking operations of NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) Moon rocket.

To prepare for launch, the mobile launcher is undergoing optical scans, system checkouts and umbilical refurbishment, including installation of the aft skirt electrical umbilicals.

The booster segments will soon move from the Rotation, Processing and Surge Facility to the VAB via a transporter. The aft assemblies, or bottom portions of the five segment boosters, will be situated in the facility’s transfer aisle and then lifted atop the mobile launcher in High Bay 3.

The examinations and preparations of the mobile launcher and rocket elements lay the groundwork for the Artemis II crewed test flight around the Moon.

Source: NASA.Gov

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Inside Kennedy Space Center's Rotation, Processing and Surge Facility in Florida, the twin aft assemblies for the Space Launch System's two solid rocket boosters are prepped on November 13, 2024...for their impending move to the Vehicle Assembly Building for Artemis 2 stacking operations.
NASA / Kim Shiflett

Inside Kennedy Space Center's Rotation, Processing and Surge Facility in Florida, an aft assembly for one of the Space Launch System's twin solid rocket boosters is prepped on November 13, 2024...for its impending move to the Vehicle Assembly Building for Artemis 2 stacking operations.
NASA / Kim Shiflett

Inside Kennedy Space Center's Rotation, Processing and Surge Facility in Florida, NASA engineers and technicians prep an aft assembly for one of the Space Launch System's twin solid rocket boosters on November 13, 2024...for its impending move to the Vehicle Assembly Building for Artemis 2 stacking operations.
NASA / Kim Shiflett

Inside Kennedy Space Center's Rotation, Processing and Surge Facility in Florida, NASA engineers and technicians prep an aft assembly for one of the Space Launch System's twin solid rocket boosters on November 13, 2024...for its impending move to the Vehicle Assembly Building for Artemis 2 stacking operations.
NASA / Kim Shiflett

Inside Kennedy Space Center's Rotation, Processing and Surge Facility in Florida, NASA engineers and technicians prep an aft assembly for one of the Space Launch System's twin solid rocket boosters on November 13, 2024...for its impending move to the Vehicle Assembly Building for Artemis 2 stacking operations.
NASA / Kim Shiflett
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