Photos of the Day: The Launch Tower for the SLS Block 1B Rocket Continues to Take Shape at KSC...

Greg Scott - @GregScott_photo on X

Just thought I'd share these great images of Mobile Launcher (ML)-2, taken by avid space photographer Greg Scott, as it continues to take shape near the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

The final tower module was installed on ML-2 earlier this month...completing the main structure of the launch platform prior to piping, electrical, hydraulics and the umbilical arms themselves beginning integration on the 390-foot-tall launcher.

When completed, ML-2 will begin operations supporting the first flight of the Space Launch System's (SLS) Block 1B variant—currently scheduled to embark on NASA's Artemis 4 mission to the Moon in late 2028. That flight will see the first use of the Exploration Upper Stage on SLS, and send the Orion capsule and first astronaut crew to the Gateway lunar space station.


Greg Scott - @GregScott_photo on X


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