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NASA's new Space Launch System (SLS) Moon Rocket sits at historic launch pad 39B awaiting it's first launch - Artemis I.
NASA engineers load a structural test version of the Orion Stage Adapter for NASA's Space Launch System onto NASA’s Super Guppy Aircraft at the Redstone Arsenal Airfield in Huntsville, Alabama, for delivery to Lockheed Martin in Denver. The OSA connects NASA's Orion spacecraft to the Interim Cryogenic Propulsion System, which will give the spacecraft its big, in-space boost to fly around the moon in its first integrated flight with SLS. Built at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, the OSA was used in integrated structural testing for the top of the SLS rocket and will be used in similar testing with Orion at Lockheed. The Guppy has a cargo compartment that is 25 feet tall, 25 feet wide and 111 feet long and can carry up to 24 tons. The aircraft has a unique hinged nose that can open 110 degrees, allowing large pieces of cargo to be loaded and unloaded from the front.
Image credits: NASA/MSFC/Emmett Given
NASA engineers load a structural test version of the Orion Stage Adapter for NASA's Space Launch System onto NASA’s Super Guppy Aircraft at the Redstone Arsenal Airfield in Huntsville, Alabama, for delivery to Lockheed Martin in Denver. The OSA connects NASA's Orion spacecraft to the Interim Cryogenic Propulsion System, which will give the spacecraft its big, in-space boost to fly around the moon in its first integrated flight with SLS. Built at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, the OSA was used in integrated structural testing for the top of the SLS rocket and will be used in similar testing with Orion at Lockheed. The Guppy has a cargo compartment that is 25 feet tall, 25 feet wide and 111 feet long and can carry up to 24 tons. The aircraft has a unique hinged nose that can open 110 degrees, allowing large pieces of cargo to be loaded and unloaded from the front.
Image credits: NASA/MSFC/Emmett Given
NASA engineers load a structural test version of the Orion Stage Adapter for NASA's Space Launch System onto NASA’s Super Guppy Aircraft at the Redstone Arsenal Airfield in Huntsville, Alabama, for delivery to Lockheed Martin in Denver. The OSA connects NASA's Orion spacecraft to the Interim Cryogenic Propulsion System, which will give the spacecraft its big, in-space boost to fly around the moon in its first integrated flight with SLS. Built at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, the OSA was used in integrated structural testing for the top of the SLS rocket and will be used in similar testing with Orion at Lockheed. The Guppy has a cargo compartment that is 25 feet tall, 25 feet wide and 111 feet long and can carry up to 24 tons. The aircraft has a unique hinged nose that can open 110 degrees, allowing large pieces of cargo to be loaded and unloaded from the front.
Image credits: NASA/MSFC/Emmett Given
The last time humans flew to the Moon was December, 1972 - 53 years ago. This (Saturday) morning, NASA took one step closer to reseting that clock.
At 7am (ET), the Mobile Launcher emerged from the the VAB and the Artemis II SLS and Orion spacecraft began the trip to LC-39B.
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman was on hand to introduce the Artemis II crew, Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen, heroes all.
These are some seriously cool astronauts, all well-prepared and looking forward to an incredible journey to the Moon.
One postscript: Administrator Isaacman did a great job at the podium, keeping the focus on the astronauts and the thousands of people supporting the mission; and the astronauts seem to genuinely respect him and his spaceflight experience.
NASA's Near-Earth Asteroid Scout, a small satellite designed to study asteroids close to Earth, performed a successful deployment test June 28 of the solar sail that will launch on Exploration Mission-1. The test was performed in an indoor clean room at the NeXolve facility in Huntsville, Alabama.
Image: NASA/Emmett Given
To learn more about NASA's Advanced Exploration Systems, visit:
https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/heo/aes/index.html
For more information about Secondary Payloads, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/launching-science-and-technology
For more information about NEA Scout, visit:
An insight into NASA's Chris A. Hadfield Rocket Factory (CAHRF), featuring various manufacturing areas for NASA's Rockets
NASA engineers load a structural test version of the Orion Stage Adapter for NASA's Space Launch System onto NASA’s Super Guppy Aircraft at the Redstone Arsenal Airfield in Huntsville, Alabama, for delivery to Lockheed Martin in Denver. The OSA connects NASA's Orion spacecraft to the Interim Cryogenic Propulsion System, which will give the spacecraft its big, in-space boost to fly around the moon in its first integrated flight with SLS. Built at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, the OSA was used in integrated structural testing for the top of the SLS rocket and will be used in similar testing with Orion at Lockheed. The Guppy has a cargo compartment that is 25 feet tall, 25 feet wide and 111 feet long and can carry up to 24 tons. The aircraft has a unique hinged nose that can open 110 degrees, allowing large pieces of cargo to be loaded and unloaded from the front.
Image credits: NASA/MSFC/Emmett Given
A recreational basketball court at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans features the NASA insignia at center court and solar-powered lighting along its perimeter. The court sits on the expansive campus where large-scale aerospace hardware is built, including rocket stages and spacecraft components. Michoud, once known for producing the Saturn V and Space Shuttle external tanks, remains an active center for both engineering and community life for NASA employees and contractors.
The last time humans flew to the Moon was December, 1972 - 53 years ago. This (Saturday) morning, NASA took one step closer to reseting that clock.
At 7am (ET), the Mobile Launcher emerged from the the VAB and the Artemis II SLS and Orion spacecraft began the trip to LC-39B.
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman was on hand to introduce the Artemis II crew, Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen, heroes all.
These are some seriously cool astronauts, all well-prepared and looking forward to an incredible journey to the Moon.
One postscript: Administrator Isaacman did a great job at the podium, keeping the focus on the astronauts and the thousands of people supporting the mission; and the astronauts seem to genuinely respect him and his spaceflight experience.
An insight into NASA's Chris A. Hadfield Rocket Factory (CAHRF), featuring various manufacturing areas for NASA's Rockets
NASA's Near-Earth Asteroid Scout, a small satellite designed to study asteroids close to Earth, performed a successful deployment test June 28 of the solar sail that will launch on Exploration Mission-1. The test was performed in an indoor clean room at the NeXolve facility in Huntsville, Alabama.
Image: NASA/Emmett Given
To learn more about NASA's Advanced Exploration Systems, visit:
https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/heo/aes/index.html
For more information about Secondary Payloads, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/launching-science-and-technology
For more information about NEA Scout, visit:
NASA's Near-Earth Asteroid Scout, a small satellite designed to study asteroids close to Earth, performed a successful deployment test June 28 of the solar sail that will launch on Exploration Mission-1. The test was performed in an indoor clean room at the NeXolve facility in Huntsville, Alabama.
Image: NASA/Emmett Given
To learn more about NASA's Advanced Exploration Systems, visit:
https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/heo/aes/index.html
For more information about Secondary Payloads, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/launching-science-and-technology
For more information about NEA Scout, visit:
An insight into NASA's Chris A. Hadfield Rocket Factory (CAHRF), featuring various manufacturing areas for NASA's Rockets
The Chris A. Hadfield Rocket Factory floors are polished to a shine constantly to maintain cleanliness while NASA manufactures Space Launch System Orion Spacecraft
A NASA engineer poses for an ovservation view of NASA's SLS liquid oxygen tank being hoisted in the South VAB of the NASA Chris A. Hadfield Rocket Factory.
You can see the floors are polished to a reflective shine!
NASA's Near-Earth Asteroid Scout, a small satellite designed to study asteroids close to Earth, performed a successful deployment test June 28 of the solar sail that will launch on Exploration Mission-1. The test was performed in an indoor clean room at the NeXolve facility in Huntsville, Alabama.
Image: NASA/Emmett Given
To learn more about NASA's Advanced Exploration Systems, visit:
https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/heo/aes/index.html
For more information about Secondary Payloads, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/launching-science-and-technology
For more information about NEA Scout, visit:
Today was the #StateOfNASA event at NASA centers across America. I was fortunate to get to attend the #NASASocial that covered the presentation and then touring the facility. Great things are going on at Stennis and their future looks bright.
Orion Spacecraft fabrication in Chris Hadfield Rocket Factory, that will launch on Exploration-Mission 2
NASA's Near-Earth Asteroid Scout, a small satellite designed to study asteroids close to Earth, performed a successful deployment test June 28 of the solar sail that will launch on Exploration Mission-1. The test was performed in an indoor clean room at the NeXolve facility in Huntsville, Alabama.
Image: NASA/Emmett Given
To learn more about NASA's Advanced Exploration Systems, visit:
https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/heo/aes/index.html
For more information about Secondary Payloads, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/launching-science-and-technology
For more information about NEA Scout, visit: